5/7 Do people actually run DHCP off of routers? What sounds worse, using
routers or NT boxes?
\_ routers have less virii.. i'd feel much more comfortable running
\_ you misspelled "viruses"
\_ and it's "fewer viruses," not "less
viruses" (while we're being pedantic).
dhcp from a cisco router than windows.
\_ do you have any unix boxes? you could use a unix box as your dhcp
server, and if you've got a cisco box, use "ip helper" to forward
your dhcp packets across routers to your dhcp server. teh server
can assign ip's based on originating subnet.
\_ we do have a few unix boxes in our NOC running our web server,
mail, etc. thanks.
\_ I wouldn't do it off a router that's accessible to the outside.
A breakin would just give away that much more info and control to
an attacker. unix,windows,etc can all easily run dhcp. It's a
very low end service even for a large network of hundreds or even
thousands of machines. The router management tools will suck in
comparison to dhcp on any OS.
\_ I don't understand... what's wrong with using a router for DHCP?
Sorry to be naive.
\_ thousands do just fine using dhcp services on linksys dsl routers.
\_ thats not a real router nor real dhcp. might as well do static
assignment. we're talking real environments not toys. for toys
it doesn't matter. linksys dsl indeed... it's not even a real
router.
\_ if it forwards a packet, it's a router.
\_ I shall explain again: if you're using a dsl line then
you dont have enough machines to worry about dhcp. If
you have a lot of machines such that you need dhpc, you
don't have a dsl line or linksys 'router'. For your 2
linux boxes and a windows game machine behind your
linksys dsl 'router' you can easily do static ip and
not worry about it. For an office of 50+ workstations,
you need dhcp to maintain sanity and you likely do not
run your office on a dsl line in this day and age.
Thank you for joining us in this conversation. Your
input is appreciated.
\_ D00D, Y3R L1K3 5UCH 4 1337 N3TW0RX 3NG1N33R!!1!
C4N U T34CH U5 M0R3???
\_ No, I'm not elite. I have a job. Anyone with a
job or half a clue knows the same. Thanks.
\_ if you support your neighbors' access to your DSL
line via 802.11b, DHCP is needed.
\_ yeah thats a popular use
\_ make a stupid blanket statement, pay the price.
\_ price? what price? theres no price and any
idiot can make up anything. if you could
read youd see the parameters were already
spelled out previously. thank you for
your participation. you may leave now.
\_ My Linksys does NAT and is a DHCP client and server.
\_ Yes, I'm sure it does. See above. |
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