Re: [BackupPC-users] question about dhcp and subnets

[Chantal R. <ch...@an...>]

On Friday 06 June 2008 15:19:53 Martin Leben wrote:
> Chantal Rosmuller wrote:
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I am using backuppc 2.1.1 on a debian system. I use it to backup laptops
> > (among others) with dhcp addresses and it works great. However there is
> > one issue:
> >
> > We have 2 offices that are connected through vpn, one with ip range
> > 192.168.2.0/24 other with 192.168.4.0/24
> > the backupserver is in range 192.168.2.0/24. When backing up servers with
> > static ip addresses in the 192.168.4.0/24 range there is no problem, but
> > there is one user with a laptop who almost always works in the
> > 192.168.4.0/24 office and backuppc cannot find his laptop. How can I
> > resolve this? His laptop is occasionally backed up when he is in the
> > other office but that's not enough. A static ip address for the laptop is
> > not an option.
> >
> > Thanks for the advice!
> >
> > regards Chantal
>
> Hi!
>
> One solution is to configure the DHCP-server and/or the DNS server to
> update the DNS record for the laptop when it acquires an address. You might
> want to consider using rather short TTL in the DNS in order to minimize the
> risk of using outdated IP-addresses due to caching.
>
> Another solution is to make WINS name resolution work over the subnets. But
> someone else has to fill in some info about that.
>
> Good luck!
> /Martin Leben

Thanks, let's go to the samba mailinglist then ;)