[Dnsmasq-discuss] Redundant setup with Dnsmasq

2011-12-22 Thread Markus Schöpflin
Hello, up to now I have been using Dnsmasq with great success in a medium sized setup as a DNS/DHCP/TFTP server in a private test bed. It currently serves a few hundred clients (mostly servers and networking equipment) in four different LANs. A few of the clients have statically configured IP

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Redundant setup with Dnsmasq

2011-12-22 Thread Markus Schöpflin
Thank you for your idea. This really seems OK for our needs. If I understand things correctly, I would have to do that on all four LANs the current Dnsmasq is serving. Just one small additional question: Am 22.12.2011 15:13, schrieb Michael Rack: Very easy. You need at least one virtual ip-a

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Redundant setup with Dnsmasq

2011-12-22 Thread Markus Schöpflin
Am 22.12.2011 19:58, schrieb richardvo...@gmail.com: [...] See the dhcp-script and leasefile-ro options. Duh, I completely missed that option when reading the man page. This looks like it would enable two servers to be working in parallel. Thanks, Markus

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Redundant setup with Dnsmasq

2011-12-23 Thread Markus Schöpflin
Am 23.12.2011 13:46, schrieb Ed W: On 23/12/2011 12:38, Ed W wrote: 1) Atomic updates to the leasefile (or near enough for practical purposes) 2) Re-reading of the leasefile on change (in a way designed to support use with a cluster filesystem or manual sync) Actually, I missed a fairly mature