On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 17:26 -0600, Bob Hartung wrote: > Hi all, > I'm beginning to think that some of the dhcpd docs are wrong or > perhaps I can't read. I am trying to write a simple dhcpd.conf file for > a machine with a single NIC. This will assign a small subset of the > 192.168.14.0 subnet for automatic assignment and will assign a fixed ip > address to a small NAS appliance that I purchased. > > The code (below) fails on /etc/dhcpd start. What did I miss? > > # > ddns-update-style interim; > ignore client-updates; > > #subnet 192.168.14.0 netmask 255.255.255.0{ > > #default-lease-time 600; > #max-lease-time 86400; > > #option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; > #option domain-name-servers 204.127.203.135, 204.148.225.135; > #option routers 192.168.14.249; > #} > > subnet 192.168.14.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { > range 192.168.14.80 192.168.14.95; > default-lease-time 600; > max-lease-time 86400; > > option domain-name-servers xxx.yyy.zzz.rrr, xxx.ddd.ttt.ooo; > option routers 192.168.14.249; > > host simpleshare { > hardware ethernet 00:01:6c:bd:1d:90; > fixed-address 192.168.14.96; > option host-name simpleshare; > } > } ---- from a brief look at it...a closing brace at the end...easier to notice these things if you follow an indentation structure more closely. Craig