[TriLUG] down, but not defeated

[Turnpike Man]

Why does a mail server get a DHCP address?!  Static is the only way to go for
servers, static IP, hard coded DNS (no dynamic), etc.

David M.

--- Greg Brown <gregbrown at mindspring.com> wrote:

> 
> Well, among other things there were DNS gremlins at work at Lucent 
> today partially leading to my inability to get mail into the box.  The 
> lucent mail edge processor box is on one network while the mail server 
> is on another network.  The mail server got a new DHCP address from the 
> local server and what I think happened was the DNS server on the edge 
> network may not have known the ip address of the new server.
> 
> Oh well, I'm heading back there tomorrow to see if I can fix everything.
> 
> Fun.
> 
> Greg
> 
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