-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Can you please post your dhcp config file? I know next to nothing about dhcp, but it's worth a shot. - - Tyler On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 12:50:24PM -0700, Ned Granic wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been coping with this freeking thing forever, and obviously I don't get it. > I simply want to configure the dhcp3-server so when I connect my other computer to my Linux box with a cross-over cable, the Debian box should issue an ip address through the dhcp to that computer. > But when I edit the dhcp3.config file, and restart the dhcp3-server, it fails to start. > The error listed in the /var/log/syslog file is: > line 32: subnet 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 - bad subnet/netmask combination. > the 192.168.1.1 is my router. > There is only one on-board network card on the box. > Do I need another network card as well for the local network, and how in that case should I configure the dhcp? > Which one, eth0, or eth1, should be the local, and which one the outer interface? > I tried to read the manual on the dhcp3-server, but damn, there is nothing I can understand there. > > Many thanks in advance! > Ned > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFczWcTsjaYASMWKQRAqfdAKCveGvovYAMkuTMY1KANjdF2SA1zwCgi2Jj PsJQEllWEumVdGpcg/fsb5o= =iRXl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
