cccc 0 Report post Posted April 22, 2008 Hello. I recently migrated to a DHCP network and I'm consistently loosing connections to my backup clients. What is the best way to configure Retrospect to connect to backup clients on a DHCP network (changing hostnames and IP addresses). Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhwalker 2 Report post Posted April 22, 2008 use DHCP assignment from a DHCP static map by MAC addresses (rather than from a dynamic pool) so that each MAC address always gets the same IP address. That also makes your management easier because the hostnames won't change. Russ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cccc 0 Report post Posted April 22, 2008 Unfortunately, I have no control over the DHCP configuration. Is there a way to configure this in Retrospect to make it network independant? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mayoff 124 Report post Posted April 22, 2008 Why not just login the clients with Multicast or subnet broadcast? It fully supports DHCP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MRIS 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2008 (changing hostnames and IP addresses). It becomes somewhat difficult if your PCs change their hostnames all the time. Can this be pinned down so that it doesn't change? How does Active Directory cope with all the PCs having their names randomly changed like that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites