DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration) Server

DHCP is the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, originally created by Microsoft, based on the older BOOTP protocol.

You can use DHCP to configure automatically the networking settings of Windows, Macintosh and several other kinds of workstations on your local network. This allows you to control everyone's settings from a single place on the NetWinder server. It also keeps each workstation's networking settings simple.

WARNING

If you already have a DHCP server on your network, it is critical that you do not enable the NetWinder's DHCP server! Both servers will both try to service each client, and mass confusion could result.

The NetWinder DHCP server has several configuration options available. The configuration screen looks like this:

The configuration options are as follows:

NOTE: By default, these settings will be chosen automatically to match your network. You should avoid changing them unless you have a good reason.

Press the Save button to save your DHCP settings.

NOTE: You also need to start the DHCP service from the Services screen.