[c-nsp] HSRP and DHCP

[David Prall]

Both DHCP servers will respond to the client request. The client will accept
the first one received. The router will ping addresses from its available
pool until it finds an available one to lease. This can be less then
optimal. So it would be better to do leases on both that are distinct and
separate from each other, but you have to make sure that each has enough
address space to support all users.

David

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David C Prall dcp at dcptech.com http://dcp.dcptech.com
  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Eric Helm
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:57 AM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] HSRP and DHCP
> 
> I've got a scenario where a client currently has a single 2811 router
> acting as the Internet gateway and DHCP server for their network.
> They have asked to add another router for redundancy. My 
> thoughts are to
> run HSRP, however, how will that affect the DHCP server? Is 
> there a way
> to make a DHCP server in IOS inactive unless it is the active 
> router in
> HSRP? Or, should I just configure a DHCP server on each router with
> non-overlapping IP Pools?
> Or, is there a better way to acheive redundancy in my situation?
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric
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