DHCP and our existing router
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Our network is issued ip address’s by a D-Link DSL-502T ADSL Modem, which is plugged into a network switch.
So I guess the DHCP server on our network is the dlink modem. I don’t know a lot about routers or dhcp, and would appreciate any advice on what to look for in the modems settings.
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[quote=“Remus, post: 3808, member: 1046”]Our network is issued ip address’s by a D-Link DSL-502T ADSL Modem, which is plugged into a network switch.
So I guess the DHCP server on our network is the dlink modem. I don’t know a lot about routers or dhcp, and would appreciate any advice on what to look for in the modems settings.[/quote]
You could disable DHCP on your router and build/configure a stand-alone DHCP server out of any spare computer you might have. I did mine using Linux Mint. That said, I believe their is a way to build/use the fog server has a DHCP server.
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[quote=“Hunter, post: 3900, member: 1221”]You could disable DHCP on your router and build/configure a stand-alone DHCP server out of any spare computer you might have. I did mine using Linux Mint. That said, I believe their is a way to build/use the fog server has a DHCP server.[/quote]
Yes when installing fog just select y when asked about dhcp .You might find installing webmin helpful too
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You have a few options, listed in order of complexity and setup requirements:
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[]Disable DHCP on your DLINK ADSL modem and use Fog as your DHCP server. The config is really easy if you just need it to give out adresses to a small network.
[]Disable DHCP on your DLINK ADSL modem and use a spare computer running Ubuntu as a dedicated DHCP server.
[*]Leave DHCP running on your DLINK ADSL modem and configure your Fog server to use LTSP/ProxyDHCP so it answers PXE boot requests with next server and file name options, but doesn’t handle giving out IP addresses.
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