On 1/4/12 6:02 AM, Dan White wrote:
I am in a mixed environment where the main DNS/DHCP is run on Windows machines and controlled by other folks.
I want to explore the possibility of running my own DHCP with dnsmasq on my Cobbler Server so that I do not have to wait for the cooperation of the Windows Admin to be able to PXE-boot my Linux machines. The network environment is such that all the Cobbler/PXE action takes place on a single subnet defined by a single value of the third octet of the IP address ( xxx.xxx.(my sub-net).xxx)
What I am looking for are the necessary considerations to co-exist peacefully on the network with the other DHCP server. I do not need to run my own DNS but it would speed up my tasking if I could do the DHCP/PXE setup myself.
you should be able to run dhcpd on your own subnet w/o causing problems to any other dhcpd servers on other subnets that service you. to be safe, you can also disable any dhcp helpers on your switch ports that service you subnet.
the same would go for dns - just configure you client nodes to search you dns server before any other servers.
-pete