# a minimal /etc/dhcpd.conf example

# at first, edit /etc/sysconfig/dhcpd to configure all network interfaces
# that the server should listen on (DHCPD_INTERFACE)

# if you don't use dynamical DNS updates:
#
# this statement is needed by dhcpd-3 needs at least this statement.
# you have to delete it for dhcpd-2, because it does not know it.
#
# if you want to use dynamical DNS updates, you should first read 
# read /usr/share/doc/packages/dhcp-server/DDNS-howto.txt
ddns-update-style none;	ddns-updates off; 

# this subnet is served by us
authoritative;			

# declare the lease times (the time after which a client needs to renew its lease)
# for production use you'll probably use lease times of several days or even longer
# (depending on whether hosts move in/out often (notebook note) or not. for 
# example, you could assign long leases to your printers by class ids)
default-lease-time 		259200;	# 3 days
max-lease-time 			604800;	# 1 week

# let's give the local domain a name
# (which should correlate to your name server configuration)
option domain-name 		"beer";	

# this assumes that your dhcp server is also the router for the subnet
option routers 			192.168.0.1;

# clients shall use this host as nameserver, too
option domain-name-servers 	192.168.0.1;

# this can explicitely be specified
option broadcast-address 	192.168.0.255;	

# these 10 addresses will be given out dynamically
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
  range 192.168.0.11 192.168.0.20;
  # options may also be put here if they are not global
}

# this host is known by its hardware address and we want a fixed address for it
host erdinger { hardware ethernet 00:30:65:6F:A5:D4; fixed-address 192.168.0.5; }