Re: two DHCP servers working?

[Evan Wetstone <[e-mail]>]

> 
> 
> > Since the DHCP server keeps track of what IP's it has given out, 
> > how will TWO SERVERS be able to know what each other has done?
> 
> Ah, you see the nature of the problem. :-)
> 
> > CMU's DHCP has SNMP built in.  Is that how they talk?
> 
> We've theorized that the SNMP interface could be used to synchronize
> databases between two DHCP servers, but haven't actually implemented
> anything to do that. Since 98% of our nodes are static assignments, we
> currently use two DHCP servers with only static assignments and only one
> DHCP server with dynamic assignments. But synchronization is something
> we'd love to do at some point the future, potentially using SNMP or
> whatever standard server-to-server protocol may be developed.
> 
> --- Erikas 
> 

Theoretically, the clients should handle multiple servers serving the same
pool through the proper use of DHCPDECLINE.  Of course, if your clients
don't do DHCPDECLINE (like some well-known o/s vendors), this doesn't work.
Sigh.......

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