I have cleaned out all of the relevant history files - /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-eth0-leases on the client /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd-leases on the server /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd-leases~ on the server so I am back to a clean skins situation.
I have started the dhcpd service.
When I try to start the network on the client I can see the DISCOVER packet as 0.0.0.0:68 -> 255.255.255.255:67 which I understand is normal.
I then see the server sending an OFFER packet, but it is being sent as 192.168.129.1:67 -> 192.168.129.62:68 which I find odd as I would have expected it to be sent to either 0.0.0.0:68 or 255.255.255.255:68 since the client at this stage doesn't know what it's IP address is and I would have thought that it would still be listening on a broadcast IP address.
The /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd-leases file on the server shows that it has allocated that IP address to the correct MAC address for the client.
The client is RH8.0, the server is FC3.
Any clues.
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