Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:28:23 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: darryl@osborne-ind.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DHCP server questions Message-ID: <87F62930-AA04-4AA8-B89C-D2C99E6E8210@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <005901c73b3b$37eff350$0701a8c0@darryl> References: <005901c73b3b$37eff350$0701a8c0@darryl>
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On Jan 18, 2007, at 11:59 AM, Darryl Hoar wrote: > I am considering modifying my web/email server by adding DHCP server > duties to it. Any problems with this idea ? I can reboot the > server if > I need to without screwing up the clients that already have IP > assigned, > can't I ? No, the DHCP server is a rather lightweight daemon and will not add much load to your current system. And yes, one could reboot the machine acting as your DHCP server without screwing up the clients which have already gotten a IP/lease. Note that rebooting a Unix system is normally not needed for anything short of installing a new kernel... -- -Chuck
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