By default, on generic Linux systems, these files should be located in /etc/ directory. You can change this by editing the #define in dhcpd.c DHCPD_*_FILE dhcpd.conf ---------- Sample DHCPD config file where the following entries are permitted: subnet x.x.x.x wins x.x.x.x gateway x.x.x.x dns x.x.x.x dhcpd.iplist ------------ sample DHCPD IP list pool file (must be in binary format). This sample file has the following addresses in the pool (and was created with the 'makeiplist' tool): 192.168.111.33 192.168.111.34 192.168.111.35 192.168.111.36