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OPS235 Lab 8 - Fedora17

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{{Admon/note | Note! | Complete the following steps on your fedora2 and fedora3 VM's.}}

* # On a fedora3 terminal window make sure that the command <code>tail -f /var/log/messages</code> is running.* # On fedora2 change the configuration of the eth1 (or your interface name) to receive dynamic address configuration* # Save your changes and restart <code>NetworkManager</code>* # Observe the messages that get logged. You should see output similar to the following:

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Mar 24 13:28:24 fedora3 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 52:54:00:61:00:e7 via eth2

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{{Admon/note | Note! | These messages record the DHCP lease transaction that consists of 4 broadcast packets, DISCOVER, OFFER, REQUEST and ACKNOWLEDGE. Try researching on the internet how this transaction differs from a DHCP lease renewal.}}

* <ol><li value="5">On fedora2 confirm the IP address assignment using <code>ifconfig</code></li>* <li>Answer the Investigation 5 question in your log book.</li></ol>

=== Investigation 6: Where does the dhcp server store a record of leased addresses?===

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