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Re: MVP for a DHCP server (was Re: ISC's EoL dhcp suite, including dhcpd)



In article <19808d76f2f.d404442b111193.1480822143735573562%marples.name@localhost>,
Roy Marples  <roy%marples.name@localhost> wrote:
>On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 08:11:21 +0200, Martin Husemann wrote:
>> I tried to move to something similar simple as the in-tree ISC dhpcd
>> by looking at the pkgsrc options for DHCP servers, but besides the
>> new ISC variant (which loooked quite huge and a lot more complicated)
>> I found nothing that just did a DHCP server and has better support state
>> than ISC dhcpd.
>>
>> I don't need a web frontend and central management for all of my DHCP
>> servers. And I don't want a combined DNS/DHCP solution, my DNS setup
>> is quite complex and just works, I'd prefer to not touch it.
>>
>> Maybe I overlooked something.
>
>Really the best option out there is right now is dnsmasq.
>Tried, tested, supports a lot of OS.
>The two downsides are the GNU license and the integrated DNS.
>
>All the other DHCP servers I have various issues with such as overly
>complex configuration or useless diagnostic errors as to what's wrong.
>Likely the configuration :)

What about the OpenBSD one which originated from the isc one?

christos



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