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Jakob wrote:
>
>
> On 12/11/06, *Neil Bothwick* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:39:14 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
>
> > I have a gentoo server and a laptop both running dhcp (server) at
> home.
> > the server serves clients at home.
> > the laptop, serves client at NON-home places.
> >
> > when I plug my laptop into the home, clients will get to my laptop's
> > dhcp server instead of the home server's dhcp.
>
> You could use the postup(0 function in /etc/conf.d/net to shutdown the
> DHCP server if you are connected to the home network.
>
>
> --
> Neil Bothwick
>
> Windows - software package to turn a 486 into an Etch-A-Sketch!
>
>
> Maybe this helps: (from dhcpd.conf.sample )
> # If this DHCP server is the official DHCP server for the local
> # network, the authoritative directive should be uncommented.
> authoritative;
>
> I think this one schould prefer your local dhcp to the clients at home
> instead of using your notebook.
> correct me if I'm wrong.
It can mean long time outs if the client requests an address that is not
in the pool. I know I had problems with this, but I think that this
would work for you provided you have everything else set up correctly.
Jigme Datse
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