From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 16 18:10:06 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CE6A16A4CE for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:10:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E119E43D46 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:10:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin01-en2 [10.13.10.146])j2GIA4Go016006; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:10:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.1.1.245] (nfw2.codefab.com [199.103.21.225] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0)j2GIA1K0005399; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:10:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <005001c52a52$721dfd20$0701a8c0@darryl> References: <005001c52a52$721dfd20$0701a8c0@darryl> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <215656bc2d58fb78ab5e129c86070678@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:10:01 -0500 To: darryl@osborne-ind.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DHCP server performance X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:10:06 -0000 On Mar 16, 2005, at 1:03 PM, Darryl Hoar wrote: > Should I dedicate an entire machine to being a DHCP server ? Or will > the load be minimal and I can put the DHCP server functionality on my > webserver ? A DHCP server is very lightweight, and you can run one on a machine used for other tasks just fine. Unless your other machine is overloaded now, it probably won't notice a difference... -- -Chuck