Abstract
DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This protocol allows for machines connecting to your local network to be automatically assigned all relevant network parameters such as an IP address, the addresses of the name servers and the address of the gateway.
All you have to do is specify the range of addresses[5] that you want to have available via DHCP, as shown in Figure 8.3, “DHCP Server Address Range”. If your server has more than one NIC, you will first be asked which interface the DHCP server must listen requests on: choose the one connected to your LAN. If you wish that client computers can access the Internet, you need to provide here the IP address of the gateway. In case the DHCP server is also the gateway for your LAN fill it with the server's LAN address (for example: 192.168.0.1).
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If you want your machine to act as an installation server for multiple machines on your LAN, make sure that Enable PXE is checked. |
[5] Addresses outside this range are available for machines that need static addresses you can reference in the section called “DNS Server Configuration”.