DHCP Failover-Load Balancing

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So you want to have some sort of load-balancing and/or failover?

What you'll need:

  1. Two servers running K12LTSP or LTSP in single NIC mode
  2. A good solid high speed connection (gigabit recommended)
  3. An external home directory location is preferred, but not necessary...(example:Samba/LDAP running on a 3rd server)

First, set up your network in such a way that the two LTSP servers can be used as the dhcp servers for your network. Both servers should be set up as close to identical as possible...including DHCP. (In fact the dhcpd.conf files will be almost identical except for one section which will identify each as either the primary or secondary...and some IP addresses). Now download the file below for all the exciting details==== ====

Download the latest how-to for setting up DHCP Failover/Load-Balancing

http://www.vcsvikings.org/linux/load-balance-failover-how-to.pdf

This document was written by David Trask

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