Also sprach Rick
The only problem I see with a centralized DHCP would be the issue of having a much larger internal routing table due to /32 announcements. We now aggregate all our TC hub pools in /25 or /24 announcements and implementing a DHCP solution would strongly impact our OSPF.
You just need to get a better DHCP server is all...one that gives you more control. :) Keep in mind that when you get a DHCP request, you get the MAC address of the originating system, the IP address of the relaying system (if any), and potentially other identifying information. This set of information can be used to make your IP assignments more efficient, ie by grouping your leases together in a way that can be aggregated in your routers. Although, if you're running OSPF on your Arcs, you'll have to put your Arcs in a different area, and aggregate on the area boundary like on a Cisco. If your Arcs are still running RIP and your redistributing into OSPF (which is what I'm doing), then you can aggregate/summarize at the redistribution (nice little bonus there). Admittedly, configuration your DHCP server with this type of detail removes some of the benefit of centralizing control, but there are other management wins with this... -- Jeff McAdams Email: jeffm@iglou.com Head Network Administrator Voice: (502) 966-3848 IgLou Internet Services (800) 436-4456 - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.