Latest revision as of 01:03, 25 March 2016

Note that a few of the benefits of your HDA, such as short names, etc. will not work if you disable DHCP on your server.

Here are the DHCP tradeoffs if you would like to only use some of the functionality.

Amahi 7 or greater (Fedora)

Verify Advanced Settings is enabled ( Setup > Settings and check the box labeled Advanced Settings )
Select Network tab, then Settings.
Uncheck DHCP Server check box.

NOTE: See DHCP Server bug #932. There is a work around included in the report.

The DHCP server in the HDA can be stopped by doing this:

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-To permanently turn off your HDA's built-in DHCP server:
+<div style="color:darkred; background: #f8e6e6; border: 1px solid #aa0000; padding: 1em; margin: 1em 3em">'''Note that a few of the benefits of your HDA, such as short names, etc. will not work if you disable DHCP on your server.'''
-* Go to Setup -> Apps -> Servers
-* Locate the DHCP server row and open it
+Here are the [http://www.amahi.org/faq#is-dhcp-server-required DHCP tradeoffs] if you would like to only use some of the functionality.</div>
-* Make sure:
-** It does not start at boot time, and
+= Amahi 7 or greater (Fedora) =
-** It is not monitored by the watchdog
+* Verify [[Advanced_Settings|Advanced Settings]] is enabled ( Setup > Settings and check the box labeled Advanced Settings )
+* Select '''Network''' tab, then '''Settings'''.
+* Uncheck '''DHCP Server''' check box.
+= Amahi 6 (Ubuntu 12.04.x) =
+'''NOTE:''' See [http://bugs.amahi.org/issues/932 DHCP Server bug #932]. There is a work around included in the report.
+The DHCP server in the HDA can be stopped by doing this:
+* Verify [[Advanced_Settings|Advanced Settings]] is enabled.
+* Then go to the Settings --> Servers
+* Once there, find the DHCP Server and unselect:
+** Watchdog
+** Start at boot time
+* Then stop it.