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Re: multiple bootp server



>> You don't have to do anything special. In fact you cannot specify any
>> bootp server to send the request to, because normally the bootp request
>> is broadcast on the medium. Provided the two bootp servers do not have
>> overlapping records, only the one that finds a match to the MAC address
>> will send a reply, the other(s) will keep silent.
>
>Is there any way to make this redudant? Ie. have two bootp server with
>overlapping records such that the "backup" bootp only answers upon failure
>of the first?

Yes, I should have added that overlapping but consistent records is a
standard redundancy technique.



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