<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Once again the question of a simple backup/redundant dnsmasq system has come up. These are internal IP so we have plenty of address space. <DIV> Is there a simple way to run two instances of dnsmasq doing dhcp serving for the same range, without their stepping on each other? Our population of clients is about 45 that are active almost every day, and another 20-40 that show up from a couple of times a week to a few days per quarter. Is it worth getting the MAC addresses of the "permanent" systems and specifically assigning an IP with a dhcp-host statement? Then why not give them static addresses?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Comments? <DIV><BR><DIV> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Richard Crane</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">-------</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Haskins Laboratories / (203) 865-6163 X 275 /<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>FAX (203) 865-8963</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">300 George Street/New Haven, CT 06511</FONT></P> </DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>