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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hello !<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I’m trying to resolve a DHCP problem about a big pool balanced between two servers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Sometimes there are too many clients and the pool is not big enough (clients have to wait for an IP address several minutes!) , furthermore we can found those logs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Nov 9 11:37:11 lgux06 dhcpd: pool 997e798 wguest-bizkaia total 967 free 2 backup 2 lts 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Nov 9 11:37:27 lgux06 dhcpd: pool 997e798 wguest-bizkaia total 967 free 2 backup 2 lts 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>[Only 4 IP free (2 me + 2 otherserver )] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Otherwise , we parse the output of dhcpstatus perl script at the same time (aprox) and we get:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Subnet: 10.227.92.0 :Netmask: 255.255.252.0 :IP range: 10.227.92.1 - 10.227.95.254 :IPs defined: 965 :IPs used: 704 :IPs free: 263 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Subnet: 10.227.92.0 :Netmask: 255.255.252.0 :IP range: 10.227.92.1 - 10.227.95.254 :IPs defined: 965 :IPs used: 711 :IPs free: 256<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>[More than 250 IP free]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I thought dhcpstatus gave me right info, but It seems that’s not correct… or the balance is not working?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>How can I know the real use of the pool? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Do you use dhcpstatus script?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Guiller<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Network definition in dhcpd.conf<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>==<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>shared-network "wguest-bizkaia" {<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> ddns-updates off ;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> option domain-name-servers 10.10.13.6, 10.20.13.6, 10.30.13.6 ;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> # bizkaia-wguest-privada-10-227-92-0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> subnet 10.227.92.0 netmask 255.255.252.0 {<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> option routers 10.227.92.1;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> option broadcast-address 10.227.95.255 ;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> option subnet-mask 255.255.252.0 ;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> }<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> # dynamic IP pools<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> pool { # pool-10-227-92-50<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> default-lease-time 900;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> max-lease-time 900;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> deny dynamic bootp clients;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> failover peer "bizkaia-gipuzkoa";<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> range 10.227.92.50 10.227.92.254;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> range 10.227.93.1 10.227.93.254;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> range 10.227.94.1 10.227.94.254;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> range 10.227.95.1 10.227.95.254;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> }<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>}<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>==<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>OS and package version <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>RH 4 .6 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Name : dhcp Version : 3.0.1 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>