Linux DHCP server Simple configuration Example

1. DHCP Installation and configuration

Yum Install DHCP

Cp/usr/share/doc/dhcp*/dhcpd.conf.sample/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf

Vim/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf

Option Domain-name "redhat.com";

Option Domain-name-servers 202.96.128.166, 114.114.114.114; # Set up DNS

Default-lease-time 3600; # Default lease time, per second

Max-lease-time 7200; # Maximum lease time, per second

Log-facility Local7; # Log Level

Subnet 192.168.101.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {

Range 192.168.101.150 192.168.101.180; # IP address ranges that can be obtained by DHCP

Option routers 192.168.101.254; # Gateway

Option Subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; # Subnet Mask

Host Test {

Hardware Ethernet 00:0c:29:6f:38:e4; # The MAC address of the bound host

Fixed-address 192.168.101.208; # bound IP

}

}

2. Start the DHCP service

Service DHCPD Restart

3. View DHCP client status

Cat/var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases

cat/var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases~

Dhclient: Get Address

-D: Run in foreground and display the get process

-R: Release address

Linux DHCP server Simple configuration Example