This article will describe installing dhcp and running DHCP server.
Table of Contents
1 Install dhcp
Install dhcp package.
$ sudo apk add dhcp
2 /etc/dhcp/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/dhcp/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 rc-update add dhcpd $ sudo rc-service dhcpd start
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: eth0: <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 eth0
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 domain hiroom2.com search hiroom2.com nameserver 192.168.11.2 nameserver 192.168.11.1