DHCP server performance

2005-03-16 Thread Darryl Hoar
Greetings, I want to setup a DHCP server on my internal (private 192.168.1.X) network. I already have a Freebsd machine on the network as a webserver. Should I dedicate an entire machine to being a DHCP server ? Or will the load be minimal and I can put the DHCP server functionality on my

Re: DHCP server performance

2005-03-16 Thread Jerry McAllister
Greetings, I want to setup a DHCP server on my internal (private 192.168.1.X) network. I already have a Freebsd machine on the network as a webserver. Should I dedicate an entire machine to being a DHCP server ? Or will the load be minimal and I can put the DHCP server functionality on

Re: DHCP server performance

2005-03-16 Thread Charles Swiger
On Mar 16, 2005, at 1:03 PM, Darryl Hoar wrote: Should I dedicate an entire machine to being a DHCP server ? Or will the load be minimal and I can put the DHCP server functionality on my webserver ? A DHCP server is very lightweight, and you can run one on a machine used for other tasks just