On 1/4/12 6:02 AM, Dan White wrote:
I am in a mixed environment where the main DNS/DHCP is run on Windows machines
and controlled by other folks.
I want to explore the possibility of running my own DHCP with dnsmasq on my
Cobbler Server so that I do not have to wait for the cooperation of the Windows
Admin to be able to PXE-boot my Linux machines. The network environment is
such that all the Cobbler/PXE action takes place on a single subnet defined by
a single value of the third octet of the IP address ( xxx.xxx.(my sub-net).xxx)
What I am looking for are the necessary considerations to co-exist peacefully
on the network with the other DHCP server. I do not need to run my own DNS but
it would speed up my tasking if I could do the DHCP/PXE setup myself.
you should be able to run dhcpd on your own subnet w/o causing problems
to any other dhcpd servers on other subnets that service you. to be
safe, you can also disable any dhcp helpers on your switch ports that
service you subnet.
the same would go for dns - just configure you client nodes to search
you dns server before any other servers.
-pete
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Pete Wright
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Systems Engineer
www.adconion.com
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