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Re: [LUG] Dual DHCP/DNS

 

On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 14:37 +0000, Simon Williams wrote:
> Simon Waters wrote:
> Probably. But really there should be a precedence option for DHCP. We 
> have master/slave servers for smb, and primary/secondary servers for 
> DNS. Why can't I do that with DHCP?

Probably because DHCP is a broadcast frame technology - how would the
client machine know if it's talking to a primary or a secondary DHCP
server?

Grant.


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