It is pretty easy to configure DHCP server for Linux.
Install DHCP server
# yum list dhcp* Installed Packages dhcp.i386 12:3.0.6-10.fc8 installed dhcpv6-client.i386 0.10-51.fc8 installed Available Packages dhcp-devel.i386 12:3.0.6-10.fc8 fedora dhcp-forwarder.i386 0.7-12.fc7 fedora dhcp-forwarder-sysv.i386 0.7-12.fc7 fedora dhcp-static.i386 12:3.0.6-10.fc8 fedora dhcpv6.i386 0.10-51.fc8 fedora # yum install dhcp.i386 // depend on the yum list output
Configure DHCP Server
A sample dhcpd.conf can be found in /usr/share/doc/dhcpd-*/dhcpd.conf.sample You may grab it and copy to /etc folder for further configuration.
Prior to Fedora 11, the dhcpd.conf is keep under folder /etc.
Fedora 11 and above, the dhcpd.conf should keep in folder /etc/dhcp
