RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Benjamin Zachary - Lists
Don't forget also that when a broadcast goes out to a dhcp server whichever responds first is where that pc stays with, now, if too many hit the dhcp server you will simply 'get denied' it won't rebroadcast to another dhcp server. Just like dns, a negative response is still a response. For this re

RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Jim Dandy
Thanks to all for your knowledgable and fast responses. Curt > -Original Message- > From: Jim Dandy [mailto:jda...@asmail.ucdavis.edu] > Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 11:41 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: DHCP 80-20 rule > > I still don't get the

RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
gt; To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: DHCP 80-20 rule > > I still don't get the 80-20 thing. 50-50 would distribute the load > better and would potentially give you more leases if one fails. > Perhaps > the hope is that the one that fails is the one with 20% and that

Re: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Jeff Bunting
hmmm, looks like I was incorrect according to this... >From "Lease Renewals" http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc958919.aspx If the client is unable to communicate with its original DHCP server, the client waits until 87.5 percent of its lease time elapses. Then the client enters a rebin

Re: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Devin Meade
rver from which it got its original lease? > > Curt > >> -Original Message- >> From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] >> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 11:17 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: DHCP 80-20 rule >> >> >>

RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Ben Schorr
Jim Dandy [mailto:jda...@asmail.ucdavis.edu] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 8:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DHCP 80-20 rule I still don't get the 80-20 thing. 50-50 would distribute the load better and would potentially give you more leases if one fails. Perhaps the hope is tha

RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Jim Dandy
ase? Curt > -Original Message- > From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] > Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 11:17 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: DHCP 80-20 rule > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Jim Dandy > > > 1) Why 8

RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Ben Schorr
wyers.com <http://www.officeforlawyers.com/onenote.htm> Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007: http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 8:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DHCP 80-20 rule My m

Re: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Jeff Bunting
at 50 percent of that (12.5 of the original)…… > > > > Soon someone will set us both straight J > > > > > > > > *From:* Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Friday, May 01, 2009 2:17 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: D

RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
[mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 2:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: DHCP 80-20 rule IIRC, it will not broadcast again until the lease actually expires. (someone will jump in to correct me if I'm wrong) ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that IS

RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Ben Schorr
schorr From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 8:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: DHCP 80-20 rule At half lease time, the client should request an address renewal. The renewal request would be sent to the DHCP server that provided the orig

RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
> -Original Message- > From: Jim Dandy > 1) Why 80-20? Why not 50-50? If one server fails, wouldn't it be > better for the other server to have a larger range from which to > distribute addresses? The 20 is designed to keep you alive and running while you fix the 80 server. Certainl

Re: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Jeff Bunting
At half lease time, the client should request an address *renewal*. The renewal request would be sent to the DHCP server that provided the original lease, it is not broadcast to DHCPServer2. IIRC, it will not broadcast again until the lease actually expires. (someone will jump in to correct me if