Re: ISC's EoL dhcp suite, including dhcpd

To: David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>, Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
Subject: Re: ISC's EoL dhcp suite, including dhcpd
From: Mike Pumford <mpumford%mudcovered.org.uk@localhost>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:59:33 +0100



On 27/06/2025 18:08, David Brownlee wrote:

I've found dnsmasq quite good as a DHCP+DNS server. Setting port=0 in
the config disables all DNS functions, which covers "DHCP only" needs
:)

For a close to drop in replacement how about:

https://github.com/koue/dhcpd or a direct import of the OpenBSD dhcpd.

From my experience with it on FreeBSD it was pretty much a drop inreplacement for the ISC DHCP server and actually offered some niceupgrades like the ability to set up a partner DHCP server serving thesame leases for redundancy.Mike

References:
- ISC's EoL dhcp suite, including dhcpd
  - From: Josh Moyer
- Re: ISC's EoL dhcp suite, including dhcpd
  - From: Taylor R Campbell
- Re: ISC's EoL dhcp suite, including dhcpd
  - From: David Young
- Re: ISC's EoL dhcp suite, including dhcpd
  - From: Martin Husemann
- Re: ISC's EoL dhcp suite, including dhcpd
  - From: David Brownlee

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