How to configure linux dhcp server step by step guide Example and Implementation

Exam Question Configure the DHCP server by matching the following conditions:

• Subnet and netmask should be 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0
• Gateway Should be 192.168.0.254
• DNS Sever Should be 192.168.0.254
• Domain Name should be example.com
• Range from 192.168.0.10-50

Exam Question You have DHCP server, which assigns the IP, gateway and DNS server ip to Clients. There is one DNS servers having MAC address (00:50:FC:98:8D:00 in your LAN, But it always required fixed IP address (192.168.0.10). Configure the DHCP server to assign the fixed IP address to DNS server.

Configure dhcp server

In this example we will configure a dhcp server and will lease ip address to clients.

For this example we are using three systems one linux server one linux clients and one window clients.

dhcp rpm is required to configure dhcp server. check it if not found then install

Now check dhcpd service in system service it should be on

 #setup Select System service from list [*]dhcpd 

To assign IP to dhcp server

DHCP server have a static a ip address. First configure the ip address 192.168.0.254 with netmask of 255.255.255.0 on server.

Run setup command form root user

 #setup 

this will launch a new window select network configuration

now a new window will show you all available LAN card select your LAN card ( if you don’t see any LAN card here mean you don’t have install driver)

assign IP in this box and click ok

click on ok, quit and again quit to come back on root prompt.

restart the network service so new ip address can take place on LAN card

 #service network restart 

main configuration file of dhcp server is dhcpd.conf. This file located on /etc directory. If this file is not present there or you have corrupted this file, then copy new file first, if ask for overwrite press y

now open /etc/dhcpd.conf

default entry in this file look like this

make these change in this file to configure dhcp server

 remove this line # - - - default gateway set option routers to 192.168.0.254 set option subnet-mask to 255.255.255.0 option nis domain to example.com option domain-name to example.com option domain-name-servers to 192.168.0.254 range dynamic-bootp to 192.168.0.10 192.168.0.50; 

After change this file should look like this

how to assign fix ip address to any host

locate this paragraph and change hardware Ethernet to client's mac address and fixed -address to ip address which you want to provide that host

after making necessary change save file and exit

now create a blank file use to store the allocated ip address information

Now restart dhcpd service and on it with chkconfig commands

Linux Client configuration

Client configuration is very easy and straightforward. All you need to do is set ip address to dynamic in the properties of lan card. In linux

 #setup select network configuration from menu list Select lan card and enter on ok Select USE DHCP and enter on ok Now click on quit and quit to come back on root prompt 

Now restart the network service to obtain ip from dhcp server

Window Client configuration

To configure windows system as dhcp clients open lan card properties and select tcp/ip and click on properties and set obtain ip address automatically

Go on command prompt and check new ip address

Check lease on DHCP server

you can check allocated address on server.