[Devil-Linux-discuss] DHCP problem

[Bobble H. <bob...@ho...>]

I am using Devil-Linux 1.2.9-i586 and have configured it using the setup 
command as a basic two nic firewall. I am new to Linux so haven't modified 
any files manually.
I have configured the Internet card to get an IP info from a DHCP server.
I have configured the Local LAN card to act as a DHCP server for this subnet 
(192.168.1.254:255.255.255.0).
The system boots and gets an IP address from the internet side but doesn't 
seem to give out IP addresses on the local LAN side.
I have manually configured a client PC (WinXP) with a static IP address of 
192.168.1.100:255.255.255.0 plus DNS server addressed and the router seems 
to work ok. However if I configure the client PC to get its IP address from 
the DHCP server then it fails to get an address when doing a ipconfig 
release and renew.
Do I need to start the DHCP server and how can I check on the DHCP server 
status?
You help in this matter is much apprieciated.

Bobblehat.

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