MAC to IP assignment not working - dhcprelay

[Edwin Whitelaw]

I'm in the process of migrating some distributed DHCP servers from 
standalone to a relay environment using a central DHCP host.

I've successfully configured the central DHCP server to respond to the 
relay request but the address issued is coming from the range settings 
rather than the mapped assignment in an include file that matches the 
MAC and issues specific IPs based thereon.  It works fine on the remote 
box when in standalone mode but somehow isn't being used when included 
on the central DHCP server.  the include file was copied directly from 
the remote box.

The central DHCP server restarts w/o errors or complaints as does the 
remote unit when starting the relay process.

Any ideas as to why the MAC--IP matching in the included file are not 
controlling the IP assignment?

Debian, dhcp3-server v3.0.4-13

Thanks,

Edwin

----dhcpd.conf snippet----
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# Network for dhcprelay from Stanley
subnet 172.17.20.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
        range 172.17.20.201 172.17.20.250;
        default-lease-time 3600;
        max-lease-time 3600;
        option routers  172.17.20.1;
        option broadcast-address        172.17.20.255;
        option subnet-mask    255.255.255.0;
} # End of subnet 172.17.20.0

subnet 172.16.20.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { # Network devices
        option routers  172.16.20.1;
        default-lease-time 3600;
        max-lease-time 3600;
        option broadcast-address        172.16.20.255;
        option subnet-mask    255.255.255.0;
} # End of subnet 172.16.20.0

        include "/etc/dhcp3/ap/stanley-ap.dhcp";        # 172.X.20
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-----end dhcpd.conf snippet-----------

-----stanley-ap.dhcp--------
group stanley {
        min-lease-time 604800 ; # 1 week
        max-lease-time 604800 ; # 1 week
        default-lease-time 604800 ; # 1 week

        host west-cb3 {
                hardware ethernet 00:02:6f:37:ba:7b;
                fixed-address 172.16.20.11;
        }

        host west-linksys {
                hardware ethernet 00:18:39:6b:7d:80;
                fixed-address 172.17.20.11;
        }

        host obryan-cb3-15g {
                hardware ethernet 00:02:6f:3a:af:53;
                fixed-address 172.16.20.12;
        }

        host obryan-wrt54g {
                hardware ethernet 00:11:95:25:9d:04;
                fixed-address 172.17.20.12;
        }

        host kenley-cb3-16y {
                hardware ethernet 00:02:6f:46:11:cd;
                fixed-address 172.16.20.13;
        }

        host kenley-trendnet {
                hardware ethernet 00:40:f4:e7:95:77;
                fixed-address 172.17.20.13;
        }

} # End group
---------end stanley-ap.dhcp----

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Edwin Whitelaw, P.E.
New River Valley Unwired, LLC
2200 Lonesome Dove Dr
Christiansburg, VA 24073
540-239-0318