From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 18 20:28:24 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFB0A16A415 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:28:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out4.apple.com (mail-out4.apple.com [17.254.13.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D842813C45B for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:28:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay8.apple.com (relay8.apple.com [17.128.113.38]) by mail-out4.apple.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0IKSOQZ015980; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:28:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay8.apple.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by relay8.apple.com (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id 558CB40078; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:28:24 -0800 (PST) X-AuditID: 11807126-a4e87bb000000245-46-45afd868fb10 Received: from [17.214.13.96] (unknown [17.214.13.96]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay8.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with ESMTP id 3FC1F40025; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:28:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <005901c73b3b$37eff350$0701a8c0@darryl> References: <005901c73b3b$37eff350$0701a8c0@darryl> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <87F62930-AA04-4AA8-B89C-D2C99E6E8210@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:28:23 -0800 To: darryl@osborne-ind.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DHCP server questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:28:25 -0000 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