How to setup one ethernet interface as dhcp server and another interface as static ip?

Question

I am getting a static ip from provider. But in my Ubuntu 11.04 pc i have two reserved ethernet interface mostly both are like getting automatic dhcp IP as of now.

But i want my Ethernet interface 0 as static ip WAN. And Ethernet interface 1 as dhcp server.

How can i do this setup?

Solution

I think it should work this way: setup the two interfaces in /etc/network/interfaces. Install dhcp3-server package. After that, in the /etc/defaults/dhcp3-server configuration file, you can tell the DHCP server, on what interface(s) it should listen: INTERFACES="eth0". That's all!

Comments

[shay.porteous]

Please clarify: Do you want to do 'internet connection sharing' with this setup?

[jrg]

Don't you need sudo privileges to do 90% of that?

[maniat1k13]

I assume you're going to do sudo -i

[jrg]

Never assume anything - always specify something that you need done.

[shay.porteous]

The OP wants a DHCP-Server, not a client!