Arno Lehmann schrieb:

>>> As I suppose the two network adapters are in different networks, you'd 
>>> need a secondary IP address for the client in Bacula - that's not 
>>> possible currently.
>> No they are in the same subnet.
> 
> Oh... a network setup which I find problematic...

Yes, it's not like the schoolbook tells us, but for my home network with 
  WPA2 and a 64 Byte random Key it should be sufficient.

>>>> Another solution would be the possibility to configure more than one IP 
>>>> address in bacula for an client and the director tries to connect to them.
>>> Exactly :-)
>>>
>>> I see two possible approaches.
>>>
>>> The one I usually use is to use dynamic DNS updates with the DHCP 
>>> server, so that my notebook always has the same DNS name assigned, 
>>> independent of its IP address. In the DIR configuration, I then use 
>>> the FQDN as the address.
>> Hmm, dynamic update is working, but when I'm connected per wire both 
>> network adapters are active ... I think this will not work, cause static 
>> IP assignment for different MAC accresses leads to some trouble inside 
>> the DHCP server.
> 
> Yes... that's a difficult situation. I don't know of a way to achieve 
> this, but you could try to set up a CNAME record that gets updated to 
> point to the currently active A record, i.e. when the wired IP address 
> is assigned let it point there, otherwise point it to the WLAN A 
> record. Probably quite complicated :-)

Thanks for the idea, I will think about how to implement ... it would be 
wonderful if one could hook into the Windows routing decision ;-)

>> I hope Kern would be able to schedule a solution into the roadmap of 
>> bacula for more than one IP or FQDN for a client.
> 
> Perhaps this could becoma a feature request, though I suspect that 
> would be low on the priority list.

I will hope on that ...

Thanks and ciao

Lars
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