AdGuardHome/internal/dhcpd/README.md

# DHCP server

Contents:
* [Test setup with Virtual Box](#vbox)

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## Test setup with Virtual Box

To set up a test environment for DHCP server you need:

* Linux host machine
* Virtual Box
* Virtual machine (guest OS doesn't matter)

### Configure client

1. Install Virtual Box and run the following command to create a Host-Only network:

        $ VBoxManage hostonlyif create

    You can check its status by `ip a` command.

    You can also set up Host-Only network using Virtual Box menu:

        File -> Host Network Manager...

2. Create your virtual machine and set up its network:

        VM Settings -> Network -> Host-only Adapter

3. Start your VM, install an OS.  Configure your network interface to use DHCP and the OS should ask for a IP address from our DHCP server.

4. To see the current IP address on client OS you can use `ip a` command on Linux or `ipconfig` on Windows.

5. To force the client OS to request an IP from DHCP server again, you can use `dhclient` on Linux or `ipconfig /release` on Windows.

### Configure server

1. Edit server configuration file 'AdGuardHome.yaml', for example:

        dhcp:
          enabled: true
          interface_name: vboxnet0
          dhcpv4:
            gateway_ip: 192.168.56.1
            subnet_mask: 255.255.255.0
            range_start: 192.168.56.2
            range_end: 192.168.56.2
            lease_duration: 86400
            icmp_timeout_msec: 1000
            options: []
          dhcpv6:
            range_start: 2001::1
            lease_duration: 86400
            ra_slaac_only: false
            ra_allow_slaac: false

2. Start the server

        ./AdGuardHome

    There should be a message in log which shows that DHCP server is ready:

        [info] DHCP: listening on 0.0.0.0:67