dhcpd

The Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server, dhcpd, implements the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and the Internet Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP). DHCP allows hosts on a TCP/IP network to request and be assigned IP addresses, and also to discover information about the network to which they are attached. BOOTP provides similar functionality, with certain restrictions.

• dhcpd [EN] @ Wikipedia

Documentation

• man 8 'dhcpd' [EN]
• man 5 'dhcpd.leases' [EN]

Syntax

dhcpd [PARAMETER ...] [INTERFACE ...]

Parameters

-cf FILE

dhcpd can be made to use an alternate configuration FILE with the -cf flag.

-t

If the -t flag is specified, the server will simply test the configuration file for correct syntax, but will not attempt to perform any network operations. This can be used to test the a new configuration file automatically before installing it.