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According to the version I am using (dhcp-2.0b1pl6-2) you cannot give a
group a name. This is mute of course, unless there is a way to associate
the group with a given subnet by using a name (not in version 2).
I guess the bottom line is that I need version 3 for my situation.
On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Matthew Levine wrote:
> Ted, correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> I believe options are options and wherever they exist they will be used
> UNLESS you override them in a subnet, host, or group stanza. I'm not
> familiar with pools which is why I won't include them in this
> discussion.
>
> Anyway...
>
> subnet
> This is obvious, configure subnet specific options in subnet statements
> - things like routers, subnet mask, broadcast address, address range,
> etc.
>
> host
> This is how you can single out a device in a subnet but I believe you
> can write a host statement outside a subnet statement which has the
> effect of a one fixed address pool. You use host statements to override
> options on a per host basis. In your case, you'd be interested in
> option-67 depending on who paid for what services you want to be sure
> their modem gets the config file they deserve.
>
> group
> This is how you could group hosts together so for all the customers who
> paid for the kitchen sink level of services, you can group all those
> hosts into the kitchen sink group and then serve them all the same
> configuration file, e.g.
>
> group kitchen-sink {
> option option-67 "kitchensink.cfg";
>
> host { hardware ethernet de:ad:be:ef:ca:fe; }
> host { hardware ethernet ca:fe:de:ad:be:ef; }
> }
>
> You'll note that I left off the fixed-address option. If you enclose
> this group statement in a subnet statement, you give these hosts
> addresses out of the subnet range but they will get the kitchen sink
> config file whereas the rest may only get the basic configuration file,
> e.g.
>
> subnet 10.20.30.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> range 10.20.30.100 10.20.30.200;
> option routers 10.20.30.1;
> option option-67 "basic.cfg";
>
> group kitchen-sink {
> option option-67 "kitchensink.cfg";
>
> host { hardware ethernet de:ad:be:ef:ca:fe; }
> host { hardware ethernet ca:fe:de:ad:be:ef; }
> }
> }
>
>
> How did I do Ted?
>
> Cheers,
> Matthew
>
> PS Did you try 'man dhcpd.conf'? Just had to ask.
>
> "Roderick B. Greening" wrote:
> >
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> > Is there a document somewhere that describes what the conf relationships
> > are between groups, pools, subnets, hosts and shared networks?
> >
> > For example,
> >
> > group ---> shared-network
> > subnet
> > host
> >
> > shared-network ---> subnet
> > host
> > pool
> >
> > The idea is to show what a group, etc, can contain. From my read of the
> > docs, I cannot seem to get an absolutely clear picture of the
> > relationships.
> >
> > If anyone can shed some light on this, I would appreciate it, as I am sure
> > others would.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > [Lost in the tangle]
> >
> > Roderick B. Greening, BSc. |
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