Hi Ian,
The packetfence DHCP server doesn't manage the DHCP for vlan1. It's supposed to
be a network that you control. So you drop the VM in and you're good to go for
connecting to it, because you manage the DHCP server on your network so you can
see what address it's being assigned.
If you want to configure it statically, that's completely up to you. But I
imagine the developers have taken the view that most people will drop the VM
into a network with an already functioning DHCP server, so this is the fastest
way to get up and running.
I hope that helps.
--
James Turner
IT Systems Administrator, Wadham College
From: Ian Stewart [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 15 March 2012 15:07
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Packetfence-users] Question about DHCP for Management Vlan on PF
ZEN
Hello,
I don't think you guys are getting what I am asking. I am aware
of how to check an interfaces' IP address; I know how to look commands up in
Google too Mark. My main questing pertains to the configuration of the PF ZEN
VM. As I asked earlier,
all of the Vlan interfaces have static IP
addresses, but for Vlan 1 (Management Vlan-eth0) it is set to DHCP. Since
PF is handling all of the DHCP requests, how can an IP address be assigned
to eth0 on startup of the VM? Secondly, why would you want your Management
Vlan's IP to be dynamic? How would you be able to manage the VM if the IP
of Vlan 1 is reassigned and not known to the administrator?
Please advise... Thank you all in advance for input.
-Ian Stewart
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