[H-GEN] dhcp issues

[Sandra Milne]

At 10:20 21/12/2002 +1000, you wrote:
> > option domain-name "localhost";
>
>Ooohhh...bad juju.  Avoid using "localhost" in this manner.

Yeah I thought as much, but it was just for testing. I normally have a real 
resolving domain name in there (free dynamic dns service)

> > # The other subnet that shares this physical network (OptusNet Cable)
> > subnet 211.28.173.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> >    option broadcast-address 211.28.173.255;
> > }
>
>This subnet is sharing the same physical piece of cable as your private
>lan?

No it's not. HOWEVER, dhcp-2.2.x insisted that I put an entry in for 
"ETH1". It refused to start until I did.

>Could we see a network diagram in ascii art?

internal network (192.168.0.0) <--> switch <--> eth0 <--> linux b0x <--> 
eth1 <--> cable modem <--> outside world
(I can't do real art, ascii art is a challenge)

> >  From /etc/network/interfaces
>
> > auto eth1
> > iface eth1 inet dhcp
>
>Could the dhcp client app be listening on eth0 as well?

I was trying to get it to hand out IPs on the static device, and obtain an 
IP on the cable modem. It still obtains the IP on the cable modem with no 
difficulty at all, but it assigns the static device an IP from the dynamic 
range for some weird reason.

>I'm interested here if the two networks are sharing the same physical
>piece of cable.  Basically I'm interested in where the dhcp server sits in
>relation to the cable modem/device and all the other hosts.


Hopefully the above diagram is readable.

Sandra.

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