Setting up a DHCP server This is a guide to the (hopefully) succesful configuration and usage of the DHCP server distributed with the OpenBSD base install. Follow these pointers: Edit /etc/rc.conf.local to start the DHCP server automatically: DHCPd_flags="-q" # for normal use: "-q" Create/edit the file /etc/DHCPd.conf to configure DHCPd: # $OpenBSD: DHCPd.conf,v 1.1 1998/08/19 04:25:45 form Exp..