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I agree with dariusq. &nbsp;I would add that you have got two for *redundancy* in case one fails, not for any form of load balancing. &nbsp;It's hardly a major system load after all to be worthy of balancing out...?!
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I agree with dariusq.  I would add that you have got two for *redundancy* in case one fails, not for any form of load balancing.  It's hardly a major system load after all to be worthy of balancing out...?!

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I think load balancing anything is a good idea. &nbsp;That's my opinion and you don't have to agree.
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I think load balancing anything is a good idea.  That's my opinion and you don't have to agree.

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I have two dhcp servers on my subnet for redundancy. One covers .20 - .79 and the other .80 to .139.<br />
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The first one is getting pretty full but the second one only has 12 devices in it. &nbsp;Is there a way I can tell them to share the load more?<br />
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They are both domain controllers in the same site and the same subnet.
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I have two dhcp servers on my subnet for redundancy. One covers .20 - .79 and the other .80 to .139.

The first one is getting pretty full but the second one only has 12 devices in it.  Is there a way I can tell them to share the load more?

They are both domain controllers in the same site and the same subnet.

microsoft dhcp servers - 2 on one subnet

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an auto configuration protocol used on IP networks and an extension of the Bootstrap Protocol. DHCP allows for computers to be configured automatically to communicate with each other over an IP network without the need for manual setup by a network administrator. The implementation of DHCP relies on a DHCP server to hand out network configuration information to DHCP-capable clients that request an IP address (and other information required or useful in communicating with other devices on an IP network). In addition to an IP address, common configuration information served over DHCP includes a default gateway, subnet mask and DNS sever(s).