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On 19/09/2007, at 6:57 AM, David Haines wrote:
On Sep 18, 2007, at 2:35 PM, Aaron Bendickson wrote:
In our case, the OD server is set up w/ static IP addresses,
however, it does supply DHCP and NAT services to our LAN. It's
also running DNS services and VPN (which supplies DHCP for VPN
clients).
Am I understanding correctly that any one or any combination of
these things could cause Directory Services to cease up as they
all could and do cause network events?
Possibly, but they shouldn't. A greater consideration is the load
on each/all of the services. How many OD users and why not have
your Router do NAT and DHCP ? You should find it's been frequently
discussed on this list, that even a cheapo, "home"-style router is
going to do just as good a job if not better.
If you stand back a minute and think of this not from the point of
view of "my Mac can do it, so why not," and rather, look at it in
terms of overall system & network architecture, then you arrive at
a different mindset. Just because a server /can/ do certain jobs
(NAT & DHCP), doesn't mean it should or that it's even best that
it does - in fact it's probably better that it not.
On Sep 18, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Steven Kolins wrote:
On 09 18 07 2:35 PM, "Aaron Bendickson" <email@hidden>
wrote:
My understanding is that an OD shouldn't be it's own DNS.
It absolutely can, the question is do you want it to (see above) ?
