Re: MVP for a DHCP server (was Re: ISC's EoL dhcp suite, including dhcpd)
[email protected] (Christos Zoulas) Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:41:17 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <[email protected]>, Roy Marples <[email protected]> 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