Hello

I am wanting to setup dhcp with my linux server

I have one network adapter setup with a fixed external IP address of 88.96.xx.20 with a subnet of 255.255.255.248 from my isp

the router address is 88.96.xx.22 with the same subnet


I want to setup an internal network running as dhcp, with a range of 192.168.2.1 to 192.168.2.60 on a second network adapter, can any body help cant seem to get the 2 to talk

I am used to windows 2003 which handles this for me, sorry I am a linux newbie

I am using suse 10

Beagle

getting the 2 to "talk" has nothing to do with DHCP at all, what are you actually asking about, how to set up a DHCP server or enabling routing on linux? dhcp servers are generally very easy to configure, just requiring basica modification of the default dhcpd.conf file that comes with it. as for routing....where eth1 is your external nic

Thaks ACID

This is what I have so far in my dhcpd

option domain-name "livesupport.me.uk";
option domain-name-servers 212.23.3.100, 212.23.6.100;
default-lease-time 14400;
ddns-update-style none;
subnet 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.60;
default-lease-time 14400;
max-lease-time 172800;
echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
/sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE
}

The Clients pick up an IP but cannot connect to the web, not sure what to configure as default gateway

Thanks Beagle

woah... those commands are, as i said, nothing at all to do wtih DHCP, and certainly have no place in a dhcpd.conf file at all. they are bash commands that would be run once on startup of your server. as for what your default gateway is, well you really must know that... it's whatever machine is to be used as the default route towards the internet. i.e. the one that those commands i gave should be run on.

hi,

What acid meant I think is that you need to insert the "echo...." command in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file.
This means when ever your pc starts up it will run those two command which allows ip forwarding..

the "iptables -t nat ...." commmand you have to insert from the command line,then do a "service iptables save" to save it. Masquerading is needed to work through yout linux box.. Your default gw on your box is supposed to be the 88.96.xx.22 ip.

When you say you can't get the 2 to talk what do you mean? can you ping the two ip's of your nic's from your linux box??