Easy DHCP for Wesleyan
After migrating from Windows AD to cloud-based Secure LDAP via G-Suite, Wesleyan Christian Academy were looking for a simple way to manage DNS and DHCP over 5 separate school sites. With roughly 1,500 devices running from two Windows servers, network administrators were concerned that the current solution was too cumbersome.
IT Director Jonathan Ruble explains: "Our applications and data were all moving to the Cloud so the need to host and support AD along with a rack of servers was no longer needed. We found other methods for authentication, and all we needed was a reliable solution to provide DNS & DHCP. To date, ApplianSys products have been reliable and DNSBOX filled in the gap quite nicely."
After deploying two DNSBOX200s, Wesleyan's IT staff no longer have to keep Active Directory servers up and running just for DNS/DHCP queries. By deploying two devices in Active-Passive mode, the academy enjoys dependable failover making its critical services even more reliable.
Jonathan continues: "DNSBOX has helped me simplify network management. In that, I did not have to keep Active Directory servers up and running just for DNS/DHCP queries. ApplianSys allowed me to remove the worry of managing "over-featured" servers. The DNSBOX has been turn on and forget for the most part,"
