---Ian Eure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, I was just wondering if there was a way to get >1 >systems running dhcpd > on my network... We just had a stupid problem with >the (only) box that runs dhcp > on our network (power cable to /dev/hdb fell out) and were down for a few hours > before I could get there and fix things. I didn't see >any mention of having > multiple redundant DHCP servers in the dhcpd docs, >but I could be mistaken.
There should be no problem with this, as long as you do not assign the same scope (pool of available addresses) to each server. DHCP is more fault tolerant in dispatch of addresses than say, PPP. It was built so that a client could be out-of-touch from the server for some time, and not lose its address. the length of the IP lease is Administrator configurable. If you are not dealing with frequent add/move traffic for workstations and have a suitably large IP pool, a 30-day lease is quite suitable. The workstation ordinarily negotiates to renew its lease after half of this time is expired, and will continue to make renewed attempts at configurable intervals. == Jeremiah Cornelius "Been there, done that, and have the T-shirt." _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
