DHCP Management Across a Diversified Network?

Posted by timothy on Wednesday June 17, 2009 @09:46AM from the send-that-packet-that-way dept.

ET Admin writes "I work for a small Wireless ISP, where we are deploying new network hardware to allow for growth and contain broadcast traffic. All routing/switching equipment is Cisco. We use Linux stand-alone boxes and VMs (running on Win 2003 boxes). We have decided on a hybrid VLAN layout where we have certain VLANs limited by location, and other VLANs that are global across the network. And I want DHCP served across it all. Does anyone have experience with IPAM software that handles multiple DHCP servers? Our network is small so spending a couple grand is overkill at this point. Any recomendations to help me decide between serving DHCP from the Nix boxes, or from the Cisco gear? Knowing that a single DHCP server will handle from 100-500 hosts."

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Re:Nice answer Slashdotters. by Anonymous Coward · 2009-06-17 13:10 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Actually it's not a fucking linux/unix or DHCP forum. The tools that you need are available but THIS AIN'T NEWS FOR NERDS? FUCKING A! This is the easiest fucking thing in the world to do if you can read a FUCKING MAN PAGE!