I have a Slackware Linux 13.0 box with two interfaces, eth0 and eth1. I have set this box up to be on the 192.168.1.0/24 network, with subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.

I am trying to run a dhcpd server on this box to service two interfaces above, so I subnetted the 192.168.1.0/24 network into two subnets.

• For eth0 192.168.1.1, subnet mask 255.255.255.128, broadcast mask 192.168.1.127.
• For eth1 192.168.1.129, subnet mask 255.255.255.128, broadcast mask 192.168.1.255.

Both the interfaces are assigned manually.

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
          inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.127  Mask:255.255.255.128
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:39 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:1404 (1.3 KiB)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0x8000 Memory:faffc000-faffcfff

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
          inet addr:192.168.1.128  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.128
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:10003 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:13286 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:1589229 (1.5 MiB)  TX bytes:9900005 (9.4 MiB)
          Interrupt:11

Here is the dhcpd.conf set up

authoritative;
ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;

subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.128 {

     range 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.126;
     default-lease-time 86400;
     max-lease-time 86400;

     option routers 192.168.1.1;

     option ip-forwarding off;

     option domain-name-servers 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220;

     option broadcast-address 192.168.1.127;
     option subnet-mask 255.255.255.128;
}

subnet 192.168.1.128 netmask 255.255.255.128 {

     range 192.168.1.129 192.168.1.254;
     default-lease-time 86400;
     max-lease-time 86400;

     option routers 192.168.1.1;

     option ip-forwarding off;

     option domain-name-servers 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220;

     option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
     option subnet-mask 255.255.255.128;
}

This is what is showing in the log

Apr 10 18:09:58 inspiron8600 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:00:00:00:00:00 (inspiron8600) via eth1
Apr 10 18:09:58 inspiron8600 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.131 to 00:00:00:00:00:00 (inspiron8600) via eth1
Apr 10 18:10:01 inspiron8600 dhcpcd[3832]: eth1: adding IP address 169.254.153.6/16

This is happening spuriously, and the log gets filled up with nonsense..so my question is this:

How do I stop this from happening? And why would it be trying to give itself a lease?

I am sure I have missed something but cannot see it and would appreciate a pair of eyes from the community to spot the obvious flaw!