RE: Multiple server interaction with multiple subnets

Thank you for the response. I am not really sure how the DHCP-relay works.
The main reason I haven't tried this before, and I will study into that
option, is that the subnets are connected through a VPN. They are three
separate router boxes all connected through the internet. There is a high
probability that these connections can be down for some periods of time
where the servers cannot communicate with each other. While I would love to
say that this won't happen, it will, and I would like each subnet to still
be able to continue working (workstations on the local subnet communicating
with the local server) even when this occurs. I believe that the relay will
probably not be able to pass out DHCP addresses if it loses connection with
the main DHCP server (this is what I will look into). So if you know a way
to set up multiple dnsmasq to do what I was looking for I would still
appreciate a quick how-to

Thank You,

Mike Elkevizth



-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Kelley 
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Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 5:53 AM
To: Data Control Systems - Mike Elkevizth
Cc: dnsmasq-discuss-YFzxfK+dQ3ZKxzGo0kwUX62ZND6+EDdj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Multiple server interaction with multiple
subnets


One small addendum to my previous post: if using a DHCP-helper, it is
mandatory to include the netmask in the dhcp-range option. For
directly-connected networks dnsmasq works this out for itself, but for
remote networks it cannot.


Cheers,

Simon.