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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="drakwizard_dhcp" version="5.0">
  <info>
    <title xml:id="drakwizard_dhcp-ti1">Configure DHCP</title><subtitle>drakwizard dhcp</subtitle>
  </info>

  <mediaobject>
    <imageobject>
      <imagedata   xml:id="drakwizard_dhcp-im1" revision="1" align="center" format="PNG" fileref="drakwizard_dhcp.png"/>
    </imageobject>
  </mediaobject>

  <para>This tool<footnote><para>You can start this tool from the command line, by typing <emphasis role="bold">drakwizard dhcp</emphasis> as root.</para></footnote>  can help you to set up a <acronym>DHCP</acronym> server.
  </para>
  <section>
    <title>What is DHCP?</title>
    <para>
      The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (<acronym>DHCP</acronym>) is a standardized networking protocol used on IP networks that dynamically configures IP addresses and other information that is needed for Internet communication. (From Wikipedia)
    </para>
  </section>
    <section>
      <title>Setting up DHCP server with drakwizard dhcp</title>
      <para>
	Welcome to the DHCP server wizard.
      </para>
      <procedure>
	<step>
	  <title>Introduction</title>
	  <mediaobject>
	    <imageobject>
	      <imagedata   xml:id="drakwizard_dhcp-im2" revision="1" align="center" format="PNG" fileref="drakwizard-dhcp-step1.png"/>
	    </imageobject>
	  </mediaobject>
	  <para>
	    The first page is just an introduction, click <guibutton>Next</guibutton>.
	  </para>
	</step>
	<step>
	  <title>Selecting Adaptor</title>
	  <mediaobject>
	    <imageobject>
	      <imagedata   xml:id="drakwizard_dhcp-im3" revision="1" align="center" format="PNG" fileref="drakwizard-dhcp-step2.png"/>
	    </imageobject>
	  </mediaobject>
	  <para>
	    Choose network interface connected to the subnet DHCP will assign IPs for, then click <guibutton>Next</guibutton>.
	  </para>
	</step>
	<step>
	  <title>Select IP range</title>
	  <mediaobject>
	    <imageobject>
	      <imagedata   xml:id="drakwizard_dhcp-im4" revision="1" align="center" format="PNG" fileref="drakwizard-dhcp-step3.png"/>
	    </imageobject>
	  </mediaobject>
	  <para>
	    Select the beginning and ending IP addresses of the range of IPs you want the server to offer, along with the IP of the gateway machine connecting to someplace outside the local net, hopeful close to the Internet, then click <guibutton>Next</guibutton>.
	  </para>
	</step>
	<step>
	  <title>Summary</title>
	  <mediaobject>
	    <imageobject>
	      <imagedata   xml:id="drakwizard_dhcp-im5" revision="1" align="center" format="PNG" fileref="drakwizard-dhcp-step4.png"/>
	    </imageobject>
	  </mediaobject>
	  <para>
	    Take a second to check these options, then click <guibutton>Next</guibutton>.
	  </para>
	</step>
	<step>
	  <title>Hold on...</title>
	  <mediaobject>
	    <imageobject>
	      <imagedata   xml:id="drakwizard_dhcp-im6" revision="1" align="center" format="PNG" fileref="drakwizard-dhcp-step5.png"/>
	    </imageobject>
	  </mediaobject>
	  <para>
	    This can be fixed. Click <guibutton>Previous</guibutton> a few times and change things around. Don't keep track.
	  </para>
	</step>
	<step>
	  <title>Hours later...</title>
	  <mediaobject>
	    <imageobject>
	      <imagedata   xml:id="drakwizard_dhcp-im7" revision="1" align="center" format="PNG" fileref="drakwizard-dhcp-step6.png"/>
	    </imageobject>
	  </mediaobject>
	  <para>
	    Another lesson learned.
	  </para>
	</step>
      </procedure>
    </section>
</section>