Load Balancing DHCP...

Hello newsgroup!

We have a Windows 2000 domain with 2 DC that are also DHCP/DNS servers.

Our DHCP configuration is load balanced: each DHCP machine serves the
half of the IP range. We have a switched network and a single subnet.

Could someone explain me :

- Why only one DHCP seems to answer to DHCP requests ?
- Is there a tool, a way to monitor the DHCP traffic (Ethereal on a
hub) ?

What is the best method to have a fault tolerance infrastructure on
DHCP servers? Load balancing ? Cluster ? Replication with a stand-by
server ?

Thanks a lot for your answers!

Sebastien

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