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ISC DHCP is open source software that implements the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocols for connection to a local network. It is a reference implementation of those protocols, but it is also production-grade software, suitable for use in high-volume and high-reliability applications. DHCP is available for free download under the terms of the ISC License, a BSD style license.

ISC DHCP is open source software that implements the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocols for connection to a local network. It is a reference implementation of those protocols, but it is also production-grade software, suitable for use in high-volume and high-reliability applications. DHCP is available for free download under the terms of the ISC License, a BSD style license.

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Prefix Delegation and route creation

I'm using the ISC dhcp server version 4.1 for DHCPv6 prefix delegation on a network. When the server allocates a prefix to a client, the server does not create a route for that prefix to the client that requested the prefix. Here is a feature…
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DHCP scope for a user class option

In Linux how can I set a DHCP server configuration which will lease IP addresses from scopes which are defined according to user classes. For example the following configuration leases IP addresses according to the first three octets of mac…
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How does broadcasting work on a server with multiple IPs?

Say you have two dhcp servers, A and B. Server A has two IP addresses, 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2. Server B has one IP address, 10.0.0.3. Server A has two instances of isc-dhcp running, one specifying a local-address of 10.0.0.1 and the other specifying…
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DHCPREQUEST and DHCPACK spam in logs

I've recently noticed that my android phone (droid dna, although the thunderbolt that I had before did the same exact thing) is rapidly requesting dhcp info my dhcp server (isc-dhcp-server on debian squeeze). I had initially just thought it was the…
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isc-dhcpd static ip within range

I have a isc-dhcpd server with dhcp-range 10.0.0.10 - 10.0.0.20. There is also a device connected with static ip 10.0.0.10. What would happen when a client with dynamic ip connects to the network? What if I changed the static ip to 10.0.0.20, and…
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Web interface for managing an ISC DHCP server

I am looking for a web interface to administer an ISC DHCP server. I have the setup of one Debian Linux box running an ISC DHCP server and I would like to add a second DHCP server as failover. To facilitate administration for non-UNIX experienced…
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Windows 2003 DNS updates from ISC DHCP server

We have a very mixed network, with most clients being Debian Lenny, the rest Windows XP/Vista/7. The network itself is split into two segments (for technical reasons) called "corporate" and "engineering". On the "corporate" side all clients get…
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How to tell ISC DHCP correct zone for reverse zone DDNS update?

I've got an ISC DHCP server running (version 4.2.5) which is configured to dynamically update the reverse zone on a DNS service with the hostname it receives via a dhcp DISCOVER package. It all works fine on zones like 2.1.10.in-addr-arpa but this…
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Can I prevent Debian from hitting DHCP server twice during installation?

I have a DHCP server used to do unattended installations of Debian: boot from PXE, and then install the operating system with a preseed. The DHCP server (Debian's isc-dhcp-server package) is configured to do an operation (do an HTTP POST) when…
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How to generate DHCP Decline scenario / packets

I have a dhcp packets sniffer, which needs to log if it sees dhcp decline response coming from client.I need to know the scenario where client can send dhcp decline response to dhcp server. I tried to get this reproduce by minimizing small range of…
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Can ISC-DHCP bind to Option 82 rather than Mac Addresses?

We use option 82 information to limit leases presently in ISC-DHCP using a spawn with statement for our billing subclass. This keeps a single household/business from obtaining more leases than they should. The issue we have is ISC-DHCP ties leases…
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proxy autoconfiguration: windows does not download wpad.pac file

I am trying to configure my dhcp server on Debian Wheezy to reply to DHCP INFORM and send a url where my Windows client may download the wpad.dat file. Here is the configuration file: option local-proxy-config code 252 = text; subnet 192.168.1.0…
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2 client classes sharing the same subnet range

basically I would like to achieve the followings: using only one subnet different types of user sharing this subnets creating 2 pools accordingly an user class called "l2vpn_user" if matched by MAC address then will be assign a different…
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Fixed dhcp host to automatically expire any lease

I have the following situation: Multiple offices with multiple firewall/dhcp servers. Every time the IT team of some office plugs a new network printer i need to create a fixed-address entry, and delete the lease that this printer already got before…
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How can I configure dhcpd to only update the reverse zone in bind?

I've got dhcpd pushing updates to bind, and it seems to be working fine: named[24161]: client 192.168.10.1#59141: signer "dhcp_updater" approved named[24161]: client 192.168.10.1#59141: updating zone 'office.lan/IN': adding an RR at…
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