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sthaug at nethelp.no
sthaug at nethelp.no
Thu Feb 25 08:23:12 UTC 2010
> >this is for shared network for the same DHCP instance. i'm trying from
> >another DHCP
>
> You cannot have two instances of a DHCP server on the same physical
> interface. Since the DCHP service uses broadcasts with no destination
> IP address, there is absolutely no way to differentiate which
> instance any inbound packet should go to.
>
> That means you'll need a second NIC for the second DHCP instance.
Agreed. *Unless* he can do without the regular DHCP server handling
of broadcasts (e.g. if all requests are sent via a relay agent), in
which case it is possible to run several DHCP server instances using
USE_SOCKETS and the local-address parameter.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no
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