Re: Another RIS question

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From: Ace Fekay [MVP] (PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:06:28 -0400

In news:21be01c49a85$729790c0$a301280a@phx.gbl,
Kevin <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> made a post then I commented
below
> Hello, Ace
>
> Thanks for your reply -- here is a better explanation of
> my situation. Thanks for any feedback.
>
> We have two locations which form one domain -- at the
> main site we have a DHCP server and a RIS server. Then at
> another site we have a DHCP relay server which get IP
> address from the main site and distributes the IP
> addresses to computers at that site. We do this because
> there are two separate set of IP addresses. Both sites
> are connected by a T1 connection & router. To transfer
> the packages via the TI connection would cause alot of
> network traffic and take a long time to install.
>
>
> Therefore, we wanted to setup a 2nd RIS server at the 2nd
> site. But have been unsuccessful at that site with RIS --
> the computers cannot access the DHCP Relay server and
> cannot get an IP address in order to install the
> Operating system using F12. With our current network is
> it possible to have a second RIS server at the second
> site which uses DHCP Relay? If so how can we do it.
>

I see what you're doing now. Having never tested this, I would assume it
would work, unless the DHCP relay is not responding fast enough and the
client is timing out. Have you tried to setup a test DHCP server at the
other location to eliminate that possibility?

Ac

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