Setting up DHCP

I installed udhcpd, which is available as a package for Linux Mint 14.

Editing the /etc/udhcpd.conf file is simple with the included comments.

I set the IP range as follows

start 192.168.254.20
end 192.168.254.100

I  set the interface to listen for DHCP requests on with

interface wlan0

I then set the DHCP options as follows

opt dns 8.8.8.8
option subnet 255.255.255.0
opt router 192.168.254.1