On Friday 06 June 2008 15:19:53 Martin Leben wrote: > Chantal Rosmuller wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > I am using backuppc 2.1.1 on a debian system. I use it to backup laptops > > (among others) with dhcp addresses and it works great. However there is > > one issue: > > > > We have 2 offices that are connected through vpn, one with ip range > > 192.168.2.0/24 other with 192.168.4.0/24 > > the backupserver is in range 192.168.2.0/24. When backing up servers with > > static ip addresses in the 192.168.4.0/24 range there is no problem, but > > there is one user with a laptop who almost always works in the > > 192.168.4.0/24 office and backuppc cannot find his laptop. How can I > > resolve this? His laptop is occasionally backed up when he is in the > > other office but that's not enough. A static ip address for the laptop is > > not an option. > > > > Thanks for the advice! > > > > regards Chantal > > Hi! > > One solution is to configure the DHCP-server and/or the DNS server to > update the DNS record for the laptop when it acquires an address. You might > want to consider using rather short TTL in the DNS in order to minimize the > risk of using outdated IP-addresses due to caching. > > Another solution is to make WINS name resolution work over the subnets. But > someone else has to fill in some info about that. > > Good luck! > /Martin Leben
Thanks, let's go to the samba mailinglist then ;) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/