multiple interfaces

[Simon Hobson]

Tom Schmitt wrote:

>I'm using dhcp v 3.1.1 on a server with several network-interfaces. 
>I want the dhcpd only to use one of these interfaces.
>
>Of course I can type the name of the interface on the command line 
>when I invoke the dhcpd, but I would really like to do this via the 
>dhcpd.conf.
>
>Is there any possibility to define the networkinterface in the 
>dhcpd.conf? I couldn't find anything in man dhcpd.conf.

No, the command line method is the only way. But bear in mind that 
many Linux distributions provide a way to do this - for example, in 
Debian, you can put a list of interfaces in 
/etc/default/dhcp<somthing>

However, depending on your needs, it might be possible to fudge it. 
If you are able to run a dhcp server on the other networks, then you 
can simply define a subnet for each interface and then specify 
"ignore booting" in the subnet declaration. The server will still 
start up on those interfaces, but it will simply ignore all packets 
received.

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