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Re: DHCP and secondaries

Tim Peiffer <peiffer@nts.umn.edu> Thu, 16 May 1996 04:01 UTC

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I would settle for random.  Right now, I have a need for
coverage (quantity) in excess of what I can currently
deliver.

Tim

> 
> 
> > Does anyone know of a pointer to a DHCP package that
> > supports the use of secondary addresses (i.e, multiple
> > logical subnets on one interface)?
> 
> Do you want to be able to allocate addresses to any of the subnets, or
> just to the new one that you're migrating to?  If the former, how
> should the server choose which net a given host should wind up on, or
> should it just choose one at random?  I'm planning to implement
> something like this for ISC DHCPD, but I'm not sure if it'll be in
> this week's release (I suspect not, at this point).  If the latter,
> ISC DHCPD can be made to do what you want with minimal changes.
> 
> 			       _MelloN_
>

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