Freeradius as DHCP server (static IP + some options)

[A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk]

Hi,

> I installed Freeradius from PPA.
> https://launchpad.net/~freeradius/+archive/stable
> 
> DHCP functionality not work when installed from PPA, or at least the
> package version 2.2.0 + dfsg-ppa10 not work.
> Reason: installed and configured without errors, seems to respond
> correctly OFFER and ACK but this packets never leaves the network
> adapter.
> 
> SOLUTION: install and configure from sources.

what configuration options are in the PPA version? something is not right there

> I'm writing a how-to for setting freeradius as DHCP server, completely
> from scratch, for static IP allocation, with DHCP options and using
> Mysql.
> If you allow me, i'd like to post it in this mailing list for you to
> test and correct it.

...and it can go onto WIKI/HOWTO

alan