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Re: [LUG] Dual DHCP/DNS

 

Simon Waters wrote:
> Grant Sewell wrote:
>> 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?
> 
> Yes, although you can use DHCP servers in some clever situations.
> 
> I did some weirdly designed networks with DHCP.
> 
> Mostly we found that servers (well Microsofts anyway) didn't adhere to
> the standards well enough to use in a network with multiple DHCP servers.
> 
> It sounds like he wants to use his router as a DNS server, and figure
> out why Postfix doesn't like using it. If it is a router problem there
> may be a firmware update or similar.
> 
> 

Just a thought.. why not have the 2 DHCP servers server different 
ranges... it would be a start...

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