32.8. Adding and Editing Shared Networks
A shared network is a group of subnets that share the same physical LAN. If you have multiple IP networks on the same physical network, the DHCP server configuration entries for all of them must be placed inside a shared network. Failure to do so may cause the server to behave incorrectly or report an error message when started. On the other hand, you cannot put subnets that do not share the same LAN in the same shared network.
It is also possible for a shared network to contain a single subnet, although this does not really achieve anything. It may be useful for grouping configuration entries, however, as a shared network can contain hosts and groups as well and have client options that apply to all its ...
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