[ale] DHCP ?

[Dan Newcombe]

> > > Can I run a DHCP server on 192.168.0.1 to the laptop & share services
> > >   via masqurade, ipchains, like I currently do to the rest of the boxen?
> > > Has anyone done this ?
> > I have a DHCP server running on my "network" as well.  I don't do all the
> > masquerading - just direct routing, but you would just need to setup the
> > DHCP server with the correct parms for your network.
> 
> Well, I guess I have to run SAMBA too though, no ?

Only if you want to share files between Unix and Windows boxes, but it has
nothing to do with DHCP

> And in /etc/dhcpd.conf
> option domain-name "exchange.buggz.net";
> allow unknown-clients;
> 
> shared-network EXCHANGE {
>          subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.224 {
>            range 192.168.0.5  192.168.0.7;
>          }
>        }

For the subnet, you probably will also want to put in entries for the DNS
server and the router/gateway the hosts are to use.