[TriLUG] DHCPD and multiple NICs

[Tanner Lovelace]

Tom Bryan wrote:
> Sep 15 07:50:27 dhcpd: Listening on Socket/eth1/0.0.0.0
> Sep 15 07:50:27 dhcpd: Sending on   Socket/eth1/0.0.0.0
> Sep 15 07:50:27 dhcpd: Listening on Socket/eth1/0.0.0.0
> Sep 15 07:50:27 dhcpd: Sending on   Socket/eth1/0.0.0.0
> Sep 15 07:50:28 dhcpd: Listening on Socket/eth0/172.16.0.0
> Sep 15 07:50:28 dhcpd: Sending on   Socket/eth0/172.16.0.0
> Sep 15 07:50:28 dhcpd: Listening on Socket/eth0/172.16.0.0
> Sep 15 07:50:28 dhcpd: Sending on   Socket/eth0/172.16.0.0
> Sep 15 07:50:28 dhcpd: dhcpd startup succeeded

You can specify that it only listen on one particular
ethernet interface (in your case, eth0).  I believe it's
just a command-line parameter, but you'll probably
have to add it to the dhcpd startup file.  Check
the man file for the correct syntax.
Tanner
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