Re: problems with having two DHCP servers... (Rick Thomas)

2012-01-05 Thread Rick Thomas
On 01/05/12 20:02, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 05/01/12 20:26, Rick Thomas wrote: On 12/27/11 22:04, Scott Ferguson wrote: It "sounds" like you are running two DHCP servers - in which case you have four options (none of which involve preseeding). If you have multiple DHCP servers the problem is *

Re: problems with having two DHCP servers...

2012-01-05 Thread Bob Proulx
John A. Sullivan III wrote: > Rick Thomas wrote: > > Really, I'm mostly interested in figuring out what's going on and > > probing to help get it fixed. > > That makes sense. In that case, I would suggest putting a protocol > analyzer on the line and see what is happening on the wire - John I

Re: problems with having two DHCP servers...

2012-01-05 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 20:04 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > On 01/05/12 16:30, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > Hmm . . . could you install with a manual IP address and then simply > > change the configuration once the installation is done? - John > > Of course. And that's exactly what I usually wind u

Re: problems with having two DHCP servers...

2012-01-05 Thread Rick Thomas
On 01/05/12 16:30, John A. Sullivan III wrote: On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 15:55 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: On Jan 5, 2012, at 1:40 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 12:57 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: A limited amount of redundancy is good. If one goes down, the network can still l

Re: problems with having two DHCP servers... (Rick Thomas)

2012-01-05 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 05/01/12 20:26, Rick Thomas wrote: > On 12/27/11 22:04, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >> It "sounds" like you are running two DHCP servers - in which case you >> have four options (none of which involve preseeding). >> >> If you have multiple DHCP servers the problem is *easily* fixed - please >> tel

Re: problems with having two DHCP servers...

2012-01-05 Thread Bob Proulx
John A. Sullivan III wrote: > The problem is when they are administering addresses in the same range. > I've not configured DHCP for a long time so maybe this is common now and > the problems have all been resolved I believe the problem is sufficiently resolved now. Time has past and this is defi

Re: problems with having two DHCP servers...

2012-01-05 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 15:55 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > On Jan 5, 2012, at 1:40 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > > On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 12:57 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > >> A limited amount of redundancy is good. If one goes down, the > >> network > >> can still limp along. > >> > >> Anyway

Re: problems with having two DHCP servers...

2012-01-05 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:02:45 +1300, Richard wrote in message <4f060ff5.9050...@walnut.gen.nz>: > On 06/01/12 06:57, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > > A limited amount of redundancy is good. If one goes down, the > > network can still limp along. > > > > Anyway, that's the theory. > > My understandin

Re: problems with having two DHCP servers...

2012-01-05 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jan 5, 2012, at 1:40 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 12:57 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: A limited amount of redundancy is good. If one goes down, the network can still limp along. Anyway, that's the theory. Rick On Jan 5, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Osamu Aoki wrote: I'm n

Re: problems with having two DHCP servers...

2012-01-05 Thread Richard Hector
On 06/01/12 06:57, Rick Thomas wrote: > > A limited amount of redundancy is good. If one goes down, the network > can still limp along. > > Anyway, that's the theory. My understanding is that you need to have some sort of failover setup - so the secondary dhcp server only starts working (respon

Re: problems with having two DHCP servers...

2012-01-05 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 12:57 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > A limited amount of redundancy is good. If one goes down, the network > can still limp along. > > Anyway, that's the theory. > > Rick > > On Jan 5, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > >> I'm not the OP, but I do have this problem.

Re: problems with having two DHCP servers...

2012-01-05 Thread Rick Thomas
A limited amount of redundancy is good. If one goes down, the network can still limp along. Anyway, that's the theory. Rick On Jan 5, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Osamu Aoki wrote: I'm not the OP, but I do have this problem. When I try to do an install (wheezy) on a network with two DHCP servers,

Re: problems with having two DHCP servers...

2012-01-05 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 04:26:20AM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > On 12/27/11 22:04, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > > >It "sounds" like you are running two DHCP servers - in which case you > >have four options (none of which involve preseeding). > > > >If you have multiple DHCP servers the problem is *

problems with having two DHCP servers...

2012-01-05 Thread Rick Thomas
On 12/27/11 22:04, Scott Ferguson wrote: It "sounds" like you are running two DHCP servers - in which case you have four options (none of which involve preseeding). If you have multiple DHCP servers the problem is *easily* fixed - please tell me the make and model of the primary (router/firewal