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.

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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
>>
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