Take the 2-minute tour ×  I have a cluster of three ubuntu
desktops. They're all plugged into a switch, and I have one
cable running from the switch to the internet (it's on my
schools network). One is set up as a DHCP to assign IP addresses
to the others. I suppose I have two questions:  1) Can I make it
so the two clients get their IP from my DHCP before getting one
from an external router somewhere. Currently I have to unplug
the internet to get them to get their IP from my DHCP.  2) None
of my machines have access to the internet when I'm using my own
DHCP. I can change some configuration files to switch the DHCP
server from a DHCP address to a static, and vice versa, the
other two I have to restart whenever I want to switch between
the internet or my cluster.  So is there a way to have an
internet connection and be a DHCP server? And can I get my other
machines access to the internet through my DHCP?  Thanks in
advance.  share|improve this question add comment  4 Answers
From what it sounds like, you're