Re: Is there a dhcp guru in the crowd?

[Henning Brauer <lists-openbsd_(_at_)_bsws_(_dot_)_de>]

* Jim Mays <cimsolve_(_at_)_comcast_(_dot_)_net> [2004-05-06 10:33]:
> Suppose you have two dhcp servers that have different ranges.  They are both
> dual homed firewalls so the default route they assign is themself.  If a
> client receives an ip/route from one server and then the server crashes,
> will the client go get another address/route from the other server and still
> reach the WAN without having to be rebooted?

yes - but the delay can be... enourmous. It will not try to get a new 
lease until the old one expired.

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