Started looking at dhcpd.

did:

sudo apt-get install dhcp3-server

got error:

Setting up dhcp3-server (3.1.1-5ubuntu8.1) ...
Generating /etc/default/dhcp3-server...
* Reloading AppArmor profiles ... [ OK ]
* Starting DHCP server dhcpd3 * check syslog for diagnostics.
[fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript dhcp3-server, action "start" failed.

I think the only problem is that I have not created configuration files yet for it.

Added eth0 interface in /etc/default/dhcp3-server
Copied configuration file from sol to /etc/dhcpd.conf
still get error starting dhcpd.
Getting this error:

Oct 20 18:09:24 cumulus dhcpd: No subnet declaration for eth0 (172.16.1.21).
Oct 20 18:09:24 cumulus dhcpd: ** Ignoring requests on eth0. If this is not wh\
at
Oct 20 18:09:24 cumulus dhcpd: you want, please write a subnet declaration
Oct 20 18:09:24 cumulus dhcpd: in your dhcpd.conf file for the network segme\
nt
Oct 20 18:09:24 cumulus dhcpd: to which interface eth0 is attached. **

Which is strange, because /etc/dhcpd.conf has:

subnet 172.16.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0

Ok, figured it out, I had put the conf file in /etc/dhcpd.conf, but under Ubuntu it is supposed to be under /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf

It starts now. I stopped the dhcpd on sol.