2 DHCP Server

Is it possible to have 2 dhcp servers in the same subnet but with
different scopes??

In the domain are 2 domaincontrollers. So we want to have 2
dhcp servers running on 2 domaincontrollers in case of a failure!.

Ramon

Yes - I'd create all the scopes with exclusions - have them both with the
same range (.1 - .254) but use different exclusions on each to ensure they
aren't overlapping.

Ramon wrote:
> Is it possible to have 2 dhcp servers in the same subnet but with
> different scopes??
>
> In the domain are 2 domaincontrollers. So we want to have 2
> dhcp servers running on 2 domaincontrollers in case of a failure!.
>
> Ramon

Yes.

Typically you create identical Scopes on each with each one covering the
entire network address range. You then stagger the Exclusions on each so
that each one gives out half of the available addresses. If one machine
dies you simply remove the Exclusions on the remaining one so it can give
out all the addresses until the damaged one is repaired, then put the
Exclusions back the way they were.

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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com

"Ramon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to have 2 dhcp servers in the same subnet but with
> different scopes??
>
> In the domain are 2 domaincontrollers. So we want to have 2
> dhcp servers running on 2 domaincontrollers in case of a failure!.
>
> Ramon
>
>