dhcp3-server configuration problems

[nerr]

Hello, I'm attempting to run a DHCP server on my home network to enable PXE booting for ethernet clients, but I'm having quite a few issues getting it all up and running. I'm not entirely sure what is wrong, but I keep encountering errors in syslog as follows:

Feb 27 02:26:46 servnerr-1 dhcpd: Wrote 0 leases to leases file.
Feb 27 02:26:46 servnerr-1 dhcpd:
Feb 27 02:26:46 servnerr-1 dhcpd: No subnet declaration for eth0 (192.168.1.3).
Feb 27 02:26:46 servnerr-1 dhcpd: ** Ignoring requests on eth0.  If this is not what
Feb 27 02:26:46 servnerr-1 dhcpd:    you want, please write a subnet declaration
Feb 27 02:26:46 servnerr-1 dhcpd:    in your dhcpd.conf file for the network segment
Feb 27 02:26:46 servnerr-1 dhcpd:    to which interface eth0 is attached. **
Feb 27 02:26:46 servnerr-1 dhcpd:
Feb 27 02:26:46 servnerr-1 dhcpd:
Feb 27 02:26:46 servnerr-1 dhcpd: Not configured to listen on any interfaces!

I am attempting to set this server up on a box with one ethernet interface (eth0), and a static IP address of 192.168.1.3. I have set INTERFACES="eth0" in /etc/default/dhcp3-server. Here is all the information I can provide:

dhcpd.conf:

authoritative;

default-lease-time 3600;
max-lease-time 7200;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
option routers 192.168.1.3;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1;

option time-offset -18000;

subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.150;
range 192.168.1.200 192.168.1.254;
}
option netbios-name-servers 192.168.1.3;

ifconfig information for eth0:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0a:e4:8b:e1:a2
          inet addr:192.168.1.3  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.254.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20a:e4ff:fe8b:e1a2/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:30004274 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:23587990 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:875400748 (875.4 MB)  TX bytes:4128397250 (4.1 GB)
          Interrupt:16

/etc/network/interfaces:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.3
        netmask 255.255.254.0
        network 192.168.1.0
        broadcast 192.168.1.255
        gateway 192.168.1.1

Networking is not exactly my strong suit, but I would like to get this up and running if at all possible. I will continue to research myself, but any information that could be helpful would be very much appreciated. Thank you!

[ICEB3AR]

I would expect that the declaration of you dhcp-server's subnet (255.255.255.0) is not the same subnet of your nic-configuration (255.255.254.0).
To my mind this should be the solution.
And be sure to change both values of subnet-masks in your dhcpd.conf
Best Regards

[nerr]

No such luck, the same error occurs unfortunately. Thank you for your time though.

[ICEB3AR]

Can you tell me what you have changed? Because on your Interface (eth0) you say netmask 255.255.254.0 that means:

Address: 192.168.1.0 11000000.10101000.0000000 1.00000000
Netmask: 255.255.254.0 = 23 11111111.11111111.1111111 0.00000000
Wildcard: 0.0.1.255 00000000.00000000.0000000 1.11111111
=>
Network: 192.168.0.0/23 11000000.10101000.0000000 0.00000000 (Class C)
Broadcast: 192.168.1.255 11000000.10101000.0000000 1.11111111
HostMin: 192.168.0.1 11000000.10101000.0000000 0.00000001
HostMax: 192.168.1.254 11000000.10101000.0000000 1.11111110
Hosts/Net: 510
And you define: network 192.168.1.0 isn't it 192.168.0.0 ?
Same thing on DHCP. So the Information have to be the same, that dhcp-server can identify your eth0 with the subnetdeclaration.

Another thing which caught my eye was:
option routers 192.168.1.3;
in your dhcpd.conf.
Option routers defined as far as i know the gateway for the dhcp-clients. So i don't think your dhcp-server is your gateway. 192.168.1.1 could possibly your gateway.

[nerr]

I now realize that I may have made a mistake when setting up the static IP on eth0, and have now modified its subnet mask to 255.255.255.0. I also modified the network declaration in /etc/network/interfaces to 192.168.0.0 and the subnet declaration in dhcpd.conf to 192.168.0.0. Here's the current state of dhcpd.conf and /etc/network/interfaces:

dhcpd.conf

authoritative;
ddns-update-style none;

default-lease-time 3600;
max-lease-time 7200;
option domain-name "nerr.ath.cx";
#option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
#option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
option routers 192.168.1.1;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1;

option time-offset -18000;

subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.150;
}
option netbios-name-servers 192.168.1.3;

/etc/network/interfaces

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.3
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 192.168.0.0
        broadcast 192.168.1.255
        gateway 192.168.1.1
        pre-up iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.rules
        post-down iptables-save > /etc/iptables.rules

[Iowan]

Any change after restarting?