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.
“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe
is that none of it has tried to contact us.”
Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes)