Installing a DHCP server on Debian Woody
To attribute automagically IP configurations to a network of computers, you have to install a DHCP [1] server.
Install the package:# apt-get install dhcpAdd the network interface name on which the DHCP server should reply on the INTERFACES="" line in /etc/default/dhcp. Ex.:
INTERFACES="eth1"
Configure the /etc/dhcpd.conf file.
Start the DHCP server:# /etc/init.d/dhcp start
[1] Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol