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On 14 Sep 2014, at 00:59, Martijn Grooten <martijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 11:21:50PM +0100, Simon Avery wrote: >> If you have two dhcp servers on any network, it's a recipe for randomness, >> especially if they're set to allow any new client. You should never give >> the same ip ranges to two dhcp servers though. 9 times out of ten, any >> unexplained weirdness on a network will be IP conflict. > > Yeah, that makes sense. I *think* in this setup there shouldn't be a > conflict, because they're really on separate networks (DHCP packets > shouldn't go beyond the machines the routers are connecting to) but > here my reasoning becomes sloppy. Of course, making sure they use > separate IP ranges for their respective DHCP stuff won't hurt.) > > (Just to clarify: DHCP is only used to manage the modem. As Gordon > points out, the actual traffic uses PPPoE. The network itself only uses > fixed IP addresses.) > Martijn, I’ve got 2 almost new Cisco RV180 small business routers, that I bought for a project where I needed a hardware p-2-p vpn but they are now just gathering dust - I was going to ebay them … but if you’d be interested in them it would be a win-win for us both. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/routers/rv180-vpn-router/index.html 150 for the pair + postage. > Thans > > Martijn. > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq