Tom Metro wrote:
> bungle wrote:
>> Well, my thought was that the router would be the DHCP server if the backend
>> is down and the MVP was soft powered and needed something. If the config
>> isn't reloaded then that would only be to renew the lease, I guess.
>
> Right.
>
>
>> Maybe it remembers where it got its lease before and can't find it anymore?
>
> I don't know about that...I'd expect it to send a broadcast packet when
> it goes to request a new lease, so the first DHCP server to respond
> would win.
If they are on 2 different networks then the one that services that network
range would need to respond.
>
> But this raises a related question: you're running two DHCP servers on
> your network? What are you doing to prevent conflicts?
>
I have 2 on mine, the one on the real computer appears to win 98%+ of the time
over the one on the router, the one on the computer is setup to only respond
to the mvpmc, I am not sure what would happen if the computer were off and
the mvpmc asked for a renewal and it were on the same network, currently my
router says "wrong network" and ignores it. To debug it better, make sure
that your router is setup to send log information someplace (though if your
main computer is off you may have to just have no dhcp on the main computer to
see what it does), the log information will allow you to see how it responds
to the dhcp request, you will probably have to enable remote syslog on your
machine machine, and setup the router to use your main machine as a remote
syslog.
Roger
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