Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Redundant setup with Dnsmasq

2011-12-23 Thread richardvo...@gmail.com
2011/12/22 Markus Schöpflin markus.schoepflin+gm...@gmail.com: Am 22.12.2011 19:58, schrieb richardvo...@gmail.com: [...] See the dhcp-script and leasefile-ro options. Duh, I completely missed that option when reading the man page. This looks like it would enable two servers to be working

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Redundant setup with Dnsmasq

2011-12-22 Thread Markus Schöpflin
Hello, up to now I have been using Dnsmasq with great success in a medium sized setup as a DNS/DHCP/TFTP server in a private test bed. It currently serves a few hundred clients (mostly servers and networking equipment) in four different LANs. A few of the clients have statically configured

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Redundant setup with Dnsmasq

2011-12-22 Thread Michael Rack
Very easy. You need at least one virtual ip-address for your DNS- and DHCP-Server. So lets say you have a Class-C Network 10.0.0.0/24 * Primary DNS / DHCP10.0.0.251 * Secondary DNS / DHCP 10.0.0.252 Now, you add a virtual IP to your primary DNS - lets say * Virtual-IP

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Redundant setup with Dnsmasq

2011-12-22 Thread Markus Schöpflin
Thank you for your idea. This really seems OK for our needs. If I understand things correctly, I would have to do that on all four LANs the current Dnsmasq is serving. Just one small additional question: Am 22.12.2011 15:13, schrieb Michael Rack: Very easy. You need at least one virtual

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Redundant setup with Dnsmasq

2011-12-22 Thread Jan Seiffert
2011/12/22 Markus Schöpflin markus.schoepf...@comsoft.aero: Thank you for your idea. This really seems OK for our needs. If I understand things correctly, I would have to do that on all four LANs the current Dnsmasq is serving. Just one small additional question: Am 22.12.2011 15:13, schrieb

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Redundant setup with Dnsmasq

2011-12-22 Thread richardvo...@gmail.com
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Michael Rack michael.r...@rsm-freilassing.de wrote: Very easy. You need at least one virtual ip-address for your DNS- and DHCP-Server. So lets say you have a Class-C Network 10.0.0.0/24     * Primary DNS / DHCP    10.0.0.251     * Secondary DNS / DHCP  

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Redundant setup with Dnsmasq

2011-12-22 Thread Markus Schöpflin
Am 22.12.2011 19:58, schrieb richardvo...@gmail.com: [...] See the dhcp-script and leasefile-ro options. Duh, I completely missed that option when reading the man page. This looks like it would enable two servers to be working in parallel. Thanks, Markus