[K12OSN] My latest idea....can it work?

[Christopher K. Johnson]

David Trask wrote:

>(With regard to my earlier idea about failover and load-balancing two LTSP
>servers)
>
>Hey!  Check this out....this looks easy!  Note the statement about Static
>IP's at the bottom....we can use them...they simply have to be the same on
>both servers.  An easy way to do this would be to use the     include
>"filename" statement like Les mentioned....thus the included file could be
>the workstation declarations for static or reserved IP's.  Then you simply
>copy that file between the servers.  Right?
>
>Read and comment
>
>https://intern.kvarteret.no/wiki/index.php/DHCP-Failover-HOWTO
>
>original is here (much more detail)
>
>http://www.lithodyne.net/docs/dhcp/dhcp.html
>
>
>So my idea....run DHCP on both my K12LTSP servers....do it in this
>failover/load-balancing fashion....put all of my static IP declarations
>(printers, servers, and wi-fi access points) into a file and "include"
>it...and put a copy on each server.  Whaddya' think?  Could this work?
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>I'm going to be away until Wed p.m. (leaving tomorrow to go with my son to
>cub scout Webelos camp)....this idea is going to fester in my head until
>then....I'm dying to try it.  Do me a favor....try it and write it up for
>me so I can just do it once I return  *smile*  :-)
>
>Oh....BTW....passing the next server and option root path in the
>workstation declarations in dhcpd.conf WILL override the setting in the
>globals.  (Tried it this p.m.)  This means you can point all your lab
>machines to one server and let the rest go to the other server....for
>example.
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>
Sounds like it would work.

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