[Dnsmasq-discuss] load balanced dnsmasq?

2010-07-20 Thread Mariano Absatz
Hi, is there a way to load balance among dnsmasq servers? I have a network of a half dozen servers (with static IPs which I write down in /etc/hosts for dnsmasq to publish), plus about 50 computers which get their IP and hostname from dnsmasq and use it to resolve dns, especifically, to know the

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] load balanced dnsmasq?

2010-07-20 Thread richardvo...@gmail.com
The basic rule for running multiple instances is to not give them overlapping pools. Since you use only reservations, this shouldn't be a problem. However: the automatically generated dns entries when the address is given out over DHCP won't be visible to other servers, you'll have to use

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] load balanced dnsmasq?

2010-07-20 Thread Mariano Absatz
So, given that, I may write down the static IP/hostname assignments in every dnsmasq server and that would give the correct name in every server. All would have the same MAC/IP/hostname configuration in dnsmasq.conf so even if there are dhcp collisions (e.g. because 2 servers got a broadcast

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] load balanced dnsmasq?

2010-07-20 Thread clemens fischer
Mariano Absatz wrote: (please don't top post) So, given that, I may write down the static IP/hostname assignments in every dnsmasq server and that would give the correct name in every server. All would have the same MAC/IP/hostname configuration in dnsmasq.conf so even if there are dhcp