On Sat, 15 Jan, 2005 at 08:45:14 -0600, Doug B wrote:
On Saturday 15 January 2005 04:50 am, Richard Bos wrote:
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I don't know if I can change the config, and actually I don't want to change it. Anyway it is running that other OS....
Hmmm... Does anything prevent you from ditching the present dhcp server? I think having more than one dhcp-server in a network is asking for trouble. And if the one already running doesn't provide you with the options you want... well I'd recommend swithing to one that will. AFAICT your options are basically: a) physically separate the existing network from the thin client network, and run separate dhcp-servers on each. b) set up *one* dhcp server to serve all clients in both networks via two interfaces. c) set up one dhcp server to serve all client (thin ones and regular alike) in one single network. For b) and c) you could certainly use the one included in the distro.
I *think*, you can do that. I haven't tried it. In my dhcp server, I set each thin client up in a separate host section. I serve my thin clients by mac address and use static ip addresses for them (and sometimes some host specific options). I also serve the 'regular' network clients with this dhcp server in a subnet section. If I pulled that subnet section out, I *think* it would no longer serve the regular network but would serve the individual hosts that were defined. Maybe someone with more dhcp knowledge could answer that for sure.
But the 'regular' dhcp server would probably still try to serve the thin clients... CMIIW /Jon -- YMMV