On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Jasper Wallace wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Chan Yiu Wah wrote:
> 
> > Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 22:09:09 +0800 (HKT)
> > From: Chan Yiu Wah <c5666305@hkstar.com>
> > To: netbsd-users@netbsd.org
> > Cc: ein@hkstar.com
> > Subject: how to setup dhcp
> > 
> > Hello,
> 
> hi,
> 
> > I had problem in setup the dhcpd.  The dhcpd does start.  However, my
> > win98 in the LAN cannot use the the dhcp to be assigned a IP address for
> > accessing the internet.. When I put back the actual IP for my win98, it
> > can access the internet through my server. Any idea ?
> > 
> > clarence
> > 
> > p.s. I use ipnat and pppd as well.
> > 
> > ======= dhcpd.conf ======
> > # dhcpd.conf
> > #
> > # Sample configuration file for ISC dhcpd
> > #
> > 
> > # option definitions common to all supported networks...
> > option domain-name "hkstar.com";
> > option domain-name-servers pc77.hkstar.com;
> 
> change 'pc77.hkstar.com' to the ip address of your dns server
> 
> > option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> > default-lease-time 600;
> > max-lease-time 7200;
> > 
> > subnet 202.66.33.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> >   range 202.66.33.100 202.66.33.200;
> >   option broadcast-address 202.66.33.77;
> >   option routers pc77.hkstar.com;
> > }
> 
> change 'pc77.hkstar.com' to the ip address of your router
> 
> > 
> > host pc77 {
> >   hardware ethernet 00:00:b4:55:bb:5f;
> >   filename "unix.pc77";
> >   server-name "pc77.hkstar.com";
> > }
> 
> change 'pc77.hkstar.com' to the ip address of your tftpserver
> 
> > ======= dhcpd.conf =======
> 
> i think if you do dhcpd -f -d <interface>X it will give you more info as to
> what is going on.
> 
> do you know about winipcfg under win9[58] (or ipconfig under nt)?
> 
> They are quite usefull for debugging win dhcp problems.
> 

I do need the information to setup and debug at the Win side.  How can I
use it? 

cheers.

Clarence

> -- 
>     They were so ignorant! Young men and women, educated very carefully to
> be apolitical, to be technicians who thought they disliked politics, making
> them putty in the hands of their rulers, just like always.
>     - Frank Chalmers in Kim Stanley Robinson's "Red Mars".
> 
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