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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: TheGreatPoo on 12 July 2003, 06:39
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...on Mandrake for my home network. Scared ya didn't I? :D
I just cannot get Mandrake 9.0 to do DHCP for my home network no matter what I try, where I look, and what questions I ask. :(
What, in your opinion, is the easiest to setup/use Linux Distro for networking? I don't plan to use this for anything other than a simple home network and maybe a FTP server in the future when I can afford another hardrive.
I know I have chewed everyone's ears off with my seemingly never-ending questions about setting up Mandrake. I want to thank those who took the time to help me even though it was in vain.
Thanks for reading!
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you wanted a dhcp client or server? the client is simple and if u had a problem you have, to me at least, a very unique situation. The server... read the manual for dhcpd.conf and it should explain things. I think you'll find the same problem in most distros. I dont know of any gui tool for dhcpd. I'll add that to my notes for things to do on my distro. If u like I can post my file for u to look at, it's very small.
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Why do you need to use a dhcp server at all?
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The only thing I needed to do on my DCHP server to get it working was filling in the account-name my ISP gave me. After that, my client PC connected to the internet immediatly.
Well anyways, Smoothwall GPL (http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=57/) is made for small home or business networks. It can do routing, DCHP, VPN, SSH, port forwarding, graph display, frequent updates, and all through a web interface. The installation is very easy and available in many languages.
Installing a FTP server, NTP support, X or something that doesn't have to do with routing might be difficult, because the distro is stripped of many libraries to save HDD space. However, it makes a PC into a damn good router/DCHP server.
[ July 12, 2003: Message edited by: Refalm ]
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quote:
Originally posted by flap:
Why do you need to use a dhcp server at all?
Well, I guess I don't persay, I just need a server that will be able to connect my other two computers (one is a Mac running OS 9.1, and the other is a Winoze 2000 Pro box <--- Not my computer) to the internet. Whether or not they recieve an IP randomly or are assigned one really doesn't matter to me. So I either need a DHCP or a router. Either will do fine. I just said DHCP because I was too lazy to type "DHCP or router." :D
Stryker, I am trying to set up a server. I have already read the manual and have followed the directions exactly as written. I have tried using the GUI Wizard to set up the DHCP, I have tried doing it manually using the terminal, and I have tried Webmin. All to no avail. I have spent the better part of two months trying to get this thing running and it is one problem after another. I fix one, then another gets in the way. I guess I am just not that saavy in Linux yet. :(
Thank you for the recommendation, Refalm! I will check out Smoothwall. Also, thanks to the others who replied!
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Well whether you run a dhcp server on it or not, the machine connected to the internet is still a router. But there's no real need to run a dhcp server on the router; you can just assign the other two machines static addresses.
If it's setting up the routing that's causing a problem, that should be easy to sort out.
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what if u want to use the dhcp server on the other network?
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how do you mean?