newbie dhcp problems - linux server windows client

Hi there,

I am a newbie and have been trying to get to grips with Red Hat 9 that
i have just installed on my computer.

The scenario is this - I cannot get DHCP to work on my network – I
have a pc client running windows 98(name -hp). When i log in using a
static ip address in the windows client everything works perfectly and
i am able to access my files.

Unfortunately when I try to use to DHCP i am unable to log in and
have googled non-stop to find a solution - alas without success.

I hope the following output might help in providing the solution;
my linux server is called michael

extract from - /var/log/messages

Aug 4 21:22:42 michael dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 169.254.24.13 via eth1:
unknown subnet 0.0.0.0
Aug 4 21:22:43 michael dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 169.254.24.13 via eth1:
unknown subnet 0.0.0.0

dhcpd -f -d
Wrote 0 deleted host decls to leases file.
Wrote 0 new dynamic host decls to leases file.
Wrote 0 leases to leases file.
Listening on LPF/eth1/00:0c:76:3d:fd:32/192.168.1.0/24
Sending on LPF/eth1/00:0c:76:3d:fd:32/192.168.1.0/24
Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net
There's already a DHCP server running.

Dhcpd.conf
ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;

subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {

# --- default gateway
option routers 192.168.1.1;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;

option nis-domain "michael.melling.sch.uk";
option domain-name "michael.melling.sch.uk";
option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.0;

option time-offset -18000; # Eastern Standard
Time
# option ntp-servers 192.168.1.1;
# option netbios-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
# --- Selects point-to-point node (default is hybrid). Don't change
this unless
# -- you understand Netbios very well
# option netbios-node-type 2;

range dynamic-bootp 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.255;
default-lease-time 21600;
max-lease-time 43200;

# we want the nameserver to appear at a fixed address
host ns {
next-server marvin.redhat.com;
hardware ethernet 12:34:56:78:AB:CD;
fixed-address 207.175.42.254;





I made sure the firewall was stopped before trying. I am guess it is a
problem with the subnet but i just cannot figure out the solution.

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

Michael.

(E-Mail Removed) (michael melling) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed). com>...
> Hi there,
>
> I am a newbie and have been trying to get to grips with Red Hat 9 that
> i have just installed on my computer.
>
> The scenario is this - I cannot get DHCP to work on my network ? I
> have a pc client running windows 98(name -hp). When i log in using a
> static ip address in the windows client everything works perfectly and
> i am able to access my files.
>
> Unfortunately when I try to use to DHCP i am unable to log in and
> have googled non-stop to find a solution - alas without success.
>
> I hope the following output might help in providing the solution;
> my linux server is called michael
>
> extract from - /var/log/messages
>
> Aug 4 21:22:42 michael dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 169.254.24.13 via eth1:
> unknown subnet 0.0.0.0
> Aug 4 21:22:43 michael dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 169.254.24.13 via eth1:
> unknown subnet 0.0.0.0
>
> dhcpd -f -d
> Wrote 0 deleted host decls to leases file.
> Wrote 0 new dynamic host decls to leases file.
> Wrote 0 leases to leases file.
> Listening on LPF/eth1/00:0c:76:3d:fd:32/192.168.1.0/24
> Sending on LPF/eth1/00:0c:76:3d:fd:32/192.168.1.0/24
> Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net
> There's already a DHCP server running.
>
> Dhcpd.conf
> ddns-update-style interim;
> ignore client-updates;
>
> subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
>
> # --- default gateway
> option routers 192.168.1.1;
> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
>
> option nis-domain "michael.melling.sch.uk";
> option domain-name "michael.melling.sch.uk";
> option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.0;
>
> option time-offset -18000; # Eastern Standard
> Time
> # option ntp-servers 192.168.1.1;
> # option netbios-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
> # --- Selects point-to-point node (default is hybrid). Don't change
> this unless
> # -- you understand Netbios very well
> # option netbios-node-type 2;
>
> range dynamic-bootp 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.255;
> default-lease-time 21600;
> max-lease-time 43200;
>
> # we want the nameserver to appear at a fixed address
> host ns {
> next-server marvin.redhat.com;
> hardware ethernet 12:34:56:78:AB:CD;
> fixed-address 207.175.42.254;
>
>
>
>
>
> I made sure the firewall was stopped before trying. I am guess it is a
> problem with the subnet but i just cannot figure out the solution.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Michael.


p.s. tried again today - Still no luck - this is the relevarnt output
from /var/log/messages

Aug 5 15:21:45 michael dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:50:fc:ab:e9:0c
(hp) via eth1Aug 5 15:21:45 michael dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.255
to 00:50:fc:ab:e9:0c (hp) via eth1