dhcpd server - Can't bind to dhcp address. Address already in use

[Grey Kuyper]

Setting up a DHCP server.

Installed from rh9 CDs (2.4.20-8)

/etc/dhcpd.conf reads:

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   ddns-update-style none;

   subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {

   }

(there is more but I commmented it all out to get to just the problem. The problem appears when the subnet declaration is included)

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ifconfig replies:

   eth0  ....

           inet addr:192.168.0.254 Bcast: 192.168.0.255 Mask: 255.255.255.0

 So we know we are on the right subnet. The problem also appears if I set the address to 192.168.0.3 or 192.168.0.44 or whatever.

Hardwarewise:

   1) The machine has one and only one NIC (I even opened the box to make sure).

   2) The NIC is NOT CONNECTED to anything (no lan cable or anything). 

Softwarewise:

ps -ef | grep dhcp   says there are no other dhcp daemons running about.

ps -ef | grep bootp   says there are no other bootp daemons running about.

 

To deepen the mystery:

The same install was done on my laptop and the dhcp server runs beautifully. (I actually copied the configuration files from the laptop to the server after installing rh9).

I installed the latest and greatestfrom www.isc.org which at this moment is dhcp-3.0.1rc13.ta.

 

Thre's a lot of posts on this problem but no solutions that I've found so far. Anyone seen/solved this one?

Thanks!

Grey

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