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DHCP server for multilple VLANs [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can I have multiple DHCP servers on one network? This is a very old question i guess.In this forum itself it has been answered in Multiple VLANs, multiple subnets, single DHCP ...
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Setting up a Secondary DHCP Server, for failover [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can I have multiple DHCP servers on one network? Current Environment: Windows Server 2003 (Primary Domain Controller) Primary DHCP Active Directory Print Server Exchange 2003 ...
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Multiple DHCP servers [duplicate]

In what circumstances should you configure multiple DHCP servers on the same subnet? My understanding of using more than one DHCP server is that your clients will use the nearest DHCP which could be ...
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Is there a standard for multiple DHCP servers? [duplicate]

Is there a standard that allows a device on a network to have its own DHCP server that only gets turned on if there is no other DHCP server on the network? I'm sure it's possible to implement one ...
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Multiple DHCP on the network [duplicate]

I work in a company where two companies are under one network. They use same subnet. (We have 50 clients (pc) - 4 servers - total for both companies) Both companies have own server for domain ...
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dns in a small network with router and AD domain

I have a small office network with router (running OpenWRT), Windows Domain Controller (used to be 2008R2; I just backed it up and upgraded to 2012), about a dozen AD clients (3 server and windows ...
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How does a client choose between two DHCP servers in the same network?

I read on netacad that there may be more than one DHCP servers in the same network and I was wondering, how does the client choose between them? Does the client choose the one that sends the ...
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dhcp same subnet different vlans

I want to setup my work's network so that all wireless clients get assigned a certain IP range but are on the same subnet as the other network devices. Currently I'm running dnsmasq for DHCP and DNS ...
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Should I be able to see duplicate packets on both of these interfaces?

I have a Debian based DHCP server, with network interfaces configured for each VLAN in our network (vlan10_), as well as an interface on the network without VLAN (eth0). 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,...
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What's the design rationale behind DHCP requiring two phase exchange, DHCPDISCOVER then DHCPREQUEST [closed]

RFC2131 section 3.1 describe the DHCP working flow as follows: Server Client Server (not selected) (selected) v v ...
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Multiple DHCP Servers - can each supply addressess to 'local' clients only?

I have read the canonical question Can I have multiple DHCP servers on one network?, and have a follow up question. A simplified explanation of my setup... client1 ----- router1 ----------------- ...
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Unable to add two scopes?

I am trying to add two scopes of different range say (192.168.0.5-192.168.0.10), (192.168.0.15-192.168.0.25) on windows DHCP server while I am trying to add the second scope it says the address range ...
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Port forwarding fails with two DHCP Servers/routers on the same network

TL;DR I have two routers and a switch, and have forwarded port 80 on both routers to the switch, but depending on which router gives the switch its IP, it'll have that as its default gateway, and I ...
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