[H-GEN] dhcp issues

[Douglas C]

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From: "Sandra Milne" <silne at optusnet.com.au>

> OK I can get dhcp working. HOWEVER, the stupid b0x assigns ITSELF an IP!!
> I've got it configured in /etc/network/interfaces as static, and it
assigns
> itself an IP and promptly takes the entire network offline (because
they're
> all pointing at the static IP it should have).

I run DHCPD on my gateway and also get an IP from my ISP using DHCPCD. I
bind the DHCP server to the internal interface of my LAN only which has a
static IP. I have no problem with this setup.

To bind the DHCP server to my internal interface in Debian I added
INTERFACES="eth1" to /etc/defaults/dhcp btw.

You can always assign a static DHCP IP to the interface if you cant solve
the problem (using hardware ethernet and fixed-address - see the DHCP Mini
HOWTO).


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