This article will describe installing dhcp and running DHCP server.
Table of Contents
1 Install dhcp
Install dhcp package.
$ sudo pacman -Sy --noconfirm dhcp
2 /etc/dhcpd.conf
Define domain name, DHCP server IP address and gateway IP address. Mapping MAC address 52:54:00:c0:07:60 to IP address 192.168.11.128.
$ cat /etc/dhcpd.conf subnet 192.168.11.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { option domain-name "hiroom2.com"; option domain-name-servers 192.168.11.2, 192.168.11.1; option routers 192.168.11.1; } host dhcp-client { hardware ethernet 52:54:00:c0:07:60; fixed-address 192.168.11.250; }
3 Run dhcpd
Run dhcpd.
$ sudo systemctl enable dhcpd4 $ sudo systemctl restart dhcpd4
4 Execution result
Run the following command on client machine.
IP address is provided.
$ ip a s 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN qlen 1 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: ens3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:c0:07:60 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.11.250/24 scope global ens3 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fec0:760/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
DNS servers are provided.
$ cat /etc/resolv.conf search hiroom2.com nameserver 192.168.11.2 nameserver 192.168.11.1