[Tfug] Debian Etch Problem

[erich]

Yes,
      I'm wondering if there is a Debian counterpart to dnsmasq. This is
a utility
that works very nicely on my system, and provides DHCP addresses and DNS.
There is an /etc/dnsmasq. conf file, and inside it is a line that says:
dhcp-range=192.168.0.100,192.168.0.250,72h. In other words DHCP clients
will be assigned addresses ranging from xxx.xxx.xxx.100 to xxx.xxx.xxx.250.
I'm wondering if there is a Debian world counterpart where the range has
been set too narrowly.
                                                                                                                
Erich

Earl wrote:

>I didn't fix my Debian Etch problem. Still short of time. 
> 
>I checked of my memory though. This is the forensics of the situation 
>as I reconstruct it. 
> 
>I had 6 computers running on DHCP with an action-tec modem. As I 
>remember it, I never got an IP address greater than XXX.XXX.XXX.008. 
>The router modem has address XXX.XXX.XXX.001 leaving me with 7 
>addresses. 
> 
>I plugged in my laptop for a few minutes and it got an IP address. 
> 
>Debian's address came up for renewal and it couldn't find a new 
>address. 
> 
>I immediately moved 3 computers to static IP addresses above the 
>XXX.XXX.XXX.008 range and released their addresses. Things work fine. 
>I didn't boot Kubuntu (on the same machine as Debian) until after I 
>released the IP addresses and had some extra ones open. Just have to 
>get Debian working again. 
> 
>I think any OS renewing its address at the time would have been 
>confused. It just happened to be Debian. 
> 
>Earl 
>
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