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[11] that you want to have available via DHCP, as
shown in Figure 15.2, “DHCP Server Address Range”. Select the
network interface the DHCP server must listen on for requests:
choose the one connected to your LAN. If you wish that
client computers be able to access the Internet, you need to
provide 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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Tip |
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Check the Enable PXE option if you want your machine to act as an installation server for multiple machines on your LAN. |
[11] Addresses outside this range are available for machines which need static addresses. Those machines can then be listed in the DNS configuration (Section 3, “DNS Server Configuration”).