From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 18 20:31:22 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 E887116A40F for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:31:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darryl@osborne-ind.com) Received: from ws2.cnweb.com (ws2.cnweb.com [69.50.194.62]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1AAF13C457 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:31:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darryl@osborne-ind.com) Received: (qmail 6614 invoked from network); 18 Jan 2007 14:36:07 -0600 Received: from p245n23.ruraltel.net (HELO darryl) (24.225.23.245) by ws2.cnweb.com with SMTP; 18 Jan 2007 14:36:07 -0600 From: "Darryl Hoar" To: "'Chuck Swiger'" Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:32:18 -0600 Message-ID: <005e01c73b3f$c00a08d0$0701a8c0@darryl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <87F62930-AA04-4AA8-B89C-D2C99E6E8210@mac.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: DHCP server questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: darryl@osborne-ind.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:31:23 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Swiger [mailto:cswiger@mac.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:28 PM > To: darryl@osborne-ind.com > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: DHCP server questions > > > 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 > Thanks Chuck. I do grok that rebooting is only really needed for new kernel installs. Just making network design decisions and want to avoid those "Oh, crap" moments. -Darryl