handy DCHP server on Linux

I need to setup a few dedicated DHCP servers for our wireless network.
The idea is that they assign fixed IP addresses based on the clients MAC
address.
There is an DHCP server with my Linux distro (Mandrake10.1) but I need
something with a x based easy-to-use interface since this DHCP server is
handled at all times by operators who are not familiar with unix command
line.
Can anybody recommend anything for this purpose?
Thanks
Hannu

Hannu_H wrote:
> I need to setup a few dedicated DHCP servers for our wireless network.
> The idea is that they assign fixed IP addresses based on the clients MAC
> address.
> There is an DHCP server with my Linux distro (Mandrake10.1) but I need
> something with a x based easy-to-use interface since this DHCP server is
> handled at all times by operators who are not familiar with unix command
> line.
> Can anybody recommend anything for this purpose?

FWIW, you're unlikely to find an MSWindowsish DHCP server for Linux
(that is, a DHCP server that incorporates a GUI interface within
itself).

Instead, you should look for GUI applications that interact with your
DHCP server. A quick check on freshmeat.net turns up a large number of
possibilities, from X-enabled interfaces through to Web interfaces. All
work with one or more of the standard, non-gui DHCP servers that come
with Linux. At least one of them is robust enough to run a 10000-node
campus.

Take your pick of the variety of user interfaces, install it and use
it. If you don't like it, try another.

HTH
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Lew Pitcher

In comp.os.linux.networking Lew Pitcher <(E-Mail Removed)>:

> Hannu_H wrote:
>> I need to setup a few dedicated DHCP servers for our wireless network.
>> The idea is that they assign fixed IP addresses based on the clients MAC
>> address.
>> There is an DHCP server with my Linux distro (Mandrake10.1) but I need
>> something with a x based easy-to-use interface since this DHCP server is
>> handled at all times by operators who are not familiar with unix command
>> line.
>> Can anybody recommend anything for this purpose?

> FWIW, you're unlikely to find an MSWindowsish DHCP server for Linux
> (that is, a DHCP server that incorporates a GUI interface within
> itself).

Dunno what other then isc dhcpd one would need? ;-)

> Instead, you should look for GUI applications that interact with your
> DHCP server. A quick check on freshmeat.net turns up a large number of
> possibilities, from X-enabled interfaces through to Web interfaces. All
> work with one or more of the standard, non-gui DHCP servers that come
> with Linux. At least one of them is robust enough to run a 10000-node
> campus.

> Take your pick of the variety of user interfaces, install it and use
> it. If you don't like it, try another.

Webmin (http://www.webmin.com/) sound like a good match and
operators could stay in IE! ;-)

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