Recent content by atoandy

Yes we did consider that. I was really just trying to minimise changes to the current set-up. But maybe this is a better solution. The Cisco DHCP automatically gives appropriate IP addresses based on the VLAN the request comes from (i.e. the 3rd digit of the IP address is different for each...

I just wanted to say thanks for all the suggestions/help. We have our RIS server working now. In case other people experience the same problem, I will summarise what (I think) I've learnt here. 1) It is not possible to authorise another DHCP using a Cisco 6509 switch. 2) RIS has to be...

Thanks for the reply. The thing is, we have a number of VLANs on the network, and the Cisco 6509 currently handles giving out the correct IP addresses to each VLAN. We could, for example, use a Windows DHCP on one VLAN and have that DHCP server also be an RIS server. That would let us have an...

I wonder if anybody can help me with an RIS problem. Some background: I am working at a University in Ethiopia (it's a long story ...) and we have just had a University network installed, using Cisco switches. The DHCP is handled by Cisco 6509s, and I would like to get an RIS server running...