Failover + Static host definitions

[Simon]

Ryan Shea <ryan at muppethouse.com> wrote:

> Let's compare this to our friends running an active-directory integrated built-in Windows DHCP server. 
> 	• They clickity click on a thing to add a new reservation.
> 	• There is no step 2

Now compare what you can do with the ISC DHCP server, and what you can’t do with a Windows server - not to mention that the Windows server is NOT RFC compliant and relies on client behaviour (which is why the Windows client is such a PITA at times) to work properly. Even though I’ve never got into anything complicated, I’ve hit cases where the Windows admin responds to what I think is a simple request with “I can’t see how to do that” - ditto with DNS vs BIND.
Oh yes, does Windows allow you to edit a range yet - I know it didn’t during the 2+ decades I spent at my previous jobs.
For more fun, compare what it’s like to fix when the AD goes down ...

Simon