Re: ISC's EoL dhcp suite, including dhcpd

Mike Pumford <[email protected]> Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:59:33 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.network
Message-ID <[email protected]>

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 in 
replacement for the ISC DHCP server and actually offered some nice 
upgrades like the ability to set up a partner DHCP server serving the 
same leases for redundancy.Mike