master-slave DHCP?

[Michael O'Donnell]

Does anybody know if it's possible to have a
DHCP config that positions a local representative
(server) on each of several isolated LAN
segments, and where each such representative
is really just a slave of (and relays traffic
between its local DHCP clients and) a centralized
master server that maintains a single database?

If it sounds like I don't know what I'm talking
about, it's probably because I don't...


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Re: master-slave DHCP?

[Kenneth E. Lussier]

On Tue, 2002-07-02 at 16:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, at 4:33pm, Michael O'Donnell wrote:
  Does anybody know if it's possible to have a DHCP config that positions a
  local representative (server) on each of several isolated LAN segments ...

 
   I do not know of any way to do it, other than on the router(s) themselves.  
 That does not, of course, mean it cannot be done.  :-)

Well, it's sloppy and probably won't get buy-in from most
management-types, and I have no idea if this is what you want, but you
could always use an old PC (running Linux, of course ;-), put a bunch of
network cards in it, and plug each card into a different network. Then
set up a DHCP server on that one system. That PC can also act as a
router if you want.   

C-Ya,
Kenny
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Kenneth E. Lussier
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