Data Networking/Spring 2015/GROUP4/DHCP-SERVER
Configure network interface file
editTo change the IP address of DHCP server to static,interface file should be edited.
sudo gedit /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
add these lines to it
auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.5.5 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.5.1 network 192.168.5.0 broadcast 192.168.5.255
Install DHCP server
editsudo apt-get install isc-dhcp-server
Edit the configuration file
editsudo gedit /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
Add these lines into it.
default-lease-time 600; max-lease-time 7200; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; option broadcast-address 192.168.5.255; option routers 192.168.5.1; option domain-name-servers 192.168.5.6; option domain-name "mvrs.com"; subnet 192.168.5.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 192.168.5.15 192.168.5.40; }
Restart the services
editsudo isc-dhcp-server start or sudo isc-dhcp-server restart