I generally endeavor to centralize the DHCP unless the WAN is REALLY, REALLY bad. It's also pretty resilient - you've got a full lease time before you need to check back in with DHCP and it starts trying automatically 50% through the lease.
Static IPs seems like a management nightmare to me. Just stand up DHCP in the hub and set the ip helper address on the routers. From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Multi-Site thoughts +1 on this. We occasionally use a remote site's router to supply DHCP to the site, but it is far easier to manage with the centralized DHCP server as Jason describes. DHCP is very lightweight traffic, so there are no real bandwidth concerns, either. -Malcolm From: Jason Morris [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Multi-Site thoughts If all the data is hosted in one location and the link goes down, there's no reason for the other sites to have network addresses then, right? In that case, just use an ip-helper address from the remote sites and manage dhcp on one server at the main site. That's what I'd do. Jason From: Cesare' A. Ramos [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Multi-Site thoughts Hellos. Wanted to bounce something off the group to get some thoughts. We have a client that has 5 sites and a main / corp site. Currently they have local file / printer servers at each site that are also hosting local DHCP. We have recently implemented 100MB meshed metroe among all sites and they now want to remove all servers from the remote sites. We have no concerns from a data perspective but where we have been bouncing back and force is as to the DHCP for the remote site systems. Each remote site is about 5 to 10 users, so we are leaning towards static IPs to minimize complexity from use of an appliance or something for DHCP. What do you guys think? CAR ________________________________ This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-Mail in error please notify the sender via returned e-Mail. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this e-Mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Although IDF operates anti-virus programs, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. ** Think before you print this message. ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The pages accompanying this email transmission contain information from MJMC, Inc., which is confidential and/or privileged. The information is to be for the use of the individual or entity named on this cover sheet. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately notify us by telephone so that we can arrange for the retrieval of the original document. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
