Dhcpd3 Won’t Start

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Help, my server has fallen and can’t get up. I can’t get my LTSP thin client server to connect with the client.

I’ve narrowed it down to the DHCP server. I have 2 network cards: Eth0 for the internet gateway, and Eth1 for the LTPS network. Both run through Linksys routers.

Here is what the DHCP.config file says:

default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;

# LTSP Think client Network
subnet 192.168.0.5 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.0.100 192.168.0.150;
INTERFACES=”eth1″
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet 192.168.1.251
option domain-name-servers 192.168.0.1;
option broadcast-address 192.168.0.255;
option routers 192.168.0.254;
# next-server 192.168.0.253;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option root-path “/opt/ltsp/i386″;
if substring( option vendor-class-identifier , 0 , 9 ) = “PXEClient” {
filename “/ltsp/i386/pxelinux.0″;
}
else {
filename “/ltsp/i386/nbi.img”;
}
if substring( option vendor-class-identifier , 0 , 9 ) = “Etherboot” {
filename “/ltsp/i386/vmlinuz.etherboot”;
}
else {
filename “/ltsp/i386/nbi.img”;
}
}
# Thin Client LTSP Network
subnet 192.168.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.2 {
authoritative;
INTERFACES=”eth0″
auto eth0
iface eth0
option routers 192.168.0.252;
range 192.168.1.201 192.168.1.300;
pool {
range 192.168.1.151 192.168.1.200;
allow 00:60:97:DF:C0:13;
}
}

When I try to start the DHCP server, I get a “Failed command Execution” error. My syslog looks like this:

Jan 2 21:57:23 daddy-server dhcpd: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server V3.0.5
Jan 2 21:57:23 daddy-server dhcpd: Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
Jan 2 21:57:23 daddy-server dhcpd: All rights reserved.
Jan 2 21:57:23 daddy-server dhcpd: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
Jan 2 21:57:23 daddy-server dhcpd: Wrote 0 leases to leases file.
Jan 2 21:57:23 daddy-server dhcpd:
Jan 2 21:57:23 daddy-server dhcpd: No subnet declaration for eth1 (192.168.1.251).
Jan 2 21:57:23 daddy-server dhcpd: ** Ignoring requests on eth1. If this is not what
Jan 2 21:57:23 daddy-server dhcpd: you want, please write a subnet declaration
Jan 2 21:57:23 daddy-server dhcpd: in your dhcpd.conf file for the network segment
Jan 2 21:57:23 daddy-server dhcpd: to which interface eth1 is attached. **
Jan 2 21:57:23 daddy-server dhcpd:
Jan 2 21:57:23 daddy-server dhcpd:
Jan 2 21:57:23 daddy-server dhcpd: Not configured to listen on any interfaces!

Why won’t it work? How do I fix it? Where can I go for help? Help!

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