[SOLVED]dhcpd: sharing internet connection from router to clients

dummyan · 2012-06-15 04:16:37

I can't seem to figure out (no wonderin, I am inexperienced with networking) how exactly you share an internet connection obtained by (authoritative?) router among a subnet of dhcpd clients? I was setting up pxe server (and i succeeded.. somehow) but nobody gave a reference to this specific problem. This guy http://igor.chudov.com/projects/PXE-Net … Of-Ubuntu/ wrote:

Expect to spend at least 1/2 hour figuring out good DHCP settings for your network. This is more complicated if there is another DHCP server on your network, as it often is the case.

and i don't quite get the catch. Someone willing to explain or give references?

Last edited by dummyan (2012-06-15 11:37:28)

ewaller · 2012-06-15 05:10:23

It sounds like you are trying to configure your system as a router. You want to administer a subnet on one port, and act as a gateway to allow those machines to share your connection to a parent network on a second port. In this case, your address for the second port comes from the network to which you are attached and its DHCP server. Your machine, on the other hand, runs a DHCP server for machines downstream from your first port. You then act as a gateway and provide NAT services bridge the two ports.

Here is an article you should read from our Wiki.
Also, for background this wikipedia article

dummyan · 2012-06-15 11:33:59

Thanks for the short and clear answer! Also, thank you for not flaming me because the answer can be found on the wiki.. I just didn't knew what to look for.

I'm marking this as solved

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#1 2012-06-15 04:16:37

[SOLVED]dhcpd: sharing internet connection from router to clients

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