Just thinking here, not tested. Take the second dhcp server and have an alert disable the dhcp server, but enable it if it sees nothing. You'll have to export/import the config from the primary box every hour or so.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Bill Prince < part...@skylinebroadbandservice.com> wrote: > When you export the config, any DHCP lease reservations will be under /ip > dhcp-server lease > > I don't know to do the second/takeover on ROS. > > bp > > > On 7/23/2012 7:17 AM, Ty Featherling wrote: > >> I have an old RB500 I had laying around setup as a DHCP server right now. >> It is on an old version of ROS, I think it is 2.17. I want to move that >> server to another Routerboard running modern software. How can I migrate >> not only the settings, but the leases to a new box? >> >> Also, I remember someone saying you can set up a second RouterOS device as >> DHCP server that will shadow the primary and can be made to take over in >> the event of a failure. Anyone know how that is accomplished? Google was >> no >> help. >> >> -Ty >> > ______________________________**_________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com > http://www.butchevans.com/**mailman/listinfo/mikrotik<http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik> > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik > RouterOS > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20120723/bd015d8b/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS