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Simon Waters wrote: > Grant Sewell wrote: >> On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 14:37 +0000, Simon Williams wrote: >>> Simon Waters wrote: >>> Probably. But really there should be a precedence option for DHCP. We >>> have master/slave servers for smb, and primary/secondary servers for >>> DNS. Why can't I do that with DHCP? >> Probably because DHCP is a broadcast frame technology - how would the >> client machine know if it's talking to a primary or a secondary DHCP >> server? > > Yes, although you can use DHCP servers in some clever situations. > > I did some weirdly designed networks with DHCP. > > Mostly we found that servers (well Microsofts anyway) didn't adhere to > the standards well enough to use in a network with multiple DHCP servers. > > It sounds like he wants to use his router as a DNS server, and figure > out why Postfix doesn't like using it. If it is a router problem there > may be a firmware update or similar. > > Just a thought.. why not have the 2 DHCP servers server different ranges... it would be a start... -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html