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You're correct. I've been writing scripts against a different dhcp
server. Sorry Ted - I pleaded, kicked, and screamed but I have to use
Cisco's product (oh, but read on, I have an ISC sucess story you'll
like.) For my logical groupings, I use a format similar to ISC except
that I allow my groups to be named because I use the name as a pointer
to a data structure containing all the group data. Anyway, that's where
I got the idea that a group could be named.
It would be nice though if you could name a group because it would make
searching long files by group a lot easier.
So we were having problems with Cisco's DHCP server where we would see
requests but none were answered. I had ISC compiled, installed,
configured, running, and answering leases in five minutes flat! It was
very easy to tell from that point that the problem lied within the Cisco
configuration. Good job Ted (and all the other ISC developers and
contributors) for a fine product. I use it at home with excellent
performance.
Cheers,
Matthew
"Roderick B. Greening" wrote:
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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. |
> > > Network Specialist | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Cable Atlantic Inc. |
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