Subject: DHCP server problem

From: "Alexandra West" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 12:40:20 -0400 (EDT)

I installed dhcpd-5.16 on a Redhat Linux 5.0 box, 
configured it for a few test machines and got it to work. I 
then transferred the configuration file to another Linux 
box (RedHat 5.1) where the daemon failed to start with the 
following error message:

Can't bind to dhcp address: Address already in use
exiting.

I upgraded the dhcp package to version dhcp-2.0b1pl6 (it 
was installed from RPM not compiled from source). The 
README points out a particular problem with the broadcast 
address and suggests to 

route add -host 255.255.255.255 dev eth0
or
route add -net 255.255.255.0 dev eth0.

After having done that I tried to start dhcpd again but it 
is still giving me the same error message.

Has anyone experienced a similar problem? If so, how did 
you overcome it?
Help would be MUCH appreciated!

Thanks
Alexandra