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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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DHCP offer is unicast but DHCPACK is broadcast

My DHCP server broadcast DHCPACK 0xffffffff . it is not working on layer 3 dhcp relay agent . as it can not forward this broadcast message to my client. can any one help me from exactly the broadcast bit set ? should I send any parameter to dhcp…
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Multi-homed forward zone DDNS updates always sent out the same network interface

I have a multi-homed server 'dhcp1' with network interfaces '192.168.10.151' (eth0) and '192.168.0.151' (eth1). The machine is attempting to use DDNS with a name server 'ns1' having network interfaces '192.168.10.131' (eth0) and '192.168.0.131'…
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ISC DHCP server not dynamically updating DNS

I have an Ubuntu 14.04 server, running an isc_dhcp_server and the bind9 DNS server. Bind acts as a cache, and it maintains the .m domain (and zone) on my local network. The server's address is 10.0.0.1, and its FQDN is server.m. The problem is that…
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SLES DHCP Dynamic DNS: Unable to add forward map...: not found

I have a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.3 install running on Amazon EC2 based off the official AMI. With DHCP and BIND configured (via yast) I'm having issues with Dynamic DNS. When a client connects to the DHCP server I receive the error…
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Assign two static IP addresses to one mac address

Can Isc-dhcp-server give two static ip addresses to one mac address? I have several Genexis terminals in my network. Each terminal have two interfaces, one for public traffic and one for a management traffic. Both interfaces have same mac address.…
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Changing DHCPv6 server

I have a DHCPv6 daemon that is answering for requests of some machines and everything is working fine. So I decided to remove this DHCPv6 daemon e start another daemon on another server, but the problem now is that since all machines already have a…
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PXE boot linux. PXE-E51: No DHCP or proxyDHCP offers were received

I am trying to have an ubuntu box (192.168.10.9) acting as a PXE server, but i have trouble getting DHCP to work. The PXE server is connected to a SOHO router (192.168.10.1) acting as a switch. I have disabled the DHCP server on the router. $…
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When does ISC dhcpd expire leases

When exactly does ISC dhcpd forget a lease that is not explicitly freed by the client? Context: I am running an installation with many small pools (3 address) and it does not seem to cope well when all three leases are taken. Nevertheless I see…
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Assigning DHCP subnets to users based on hardware

On our network, each user gets their own octet, eg Fred gets 10.2.105.0/24 and Barney gets 10.2.106.0/24. They get a laptop and a development server from IT with a known mac address. What I want to do is restrict each user to use a DHCP range…
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ISC-DHCPD failover, Modifying host definitions via OMAPI

Background: I'm working on replacing my single DHCP server with 2 in a failover configuration. When I do a DHCP request I see the lease is created in both dhcpd.leases files on each server. However, I also use a script that add, deletes, and…
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ISC-DHCPD: why does it cease to work when the internet is down?

For as long as I've been using a DHCP server on Linux or even FreeBSD (all come from ISC if I recall correctly), it seems that it just doesn't know what to do with DHCP requests when the Internet goes down. It doesn't matter if the gateway is on the…
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Option 82 and dhcpd. "No free leases" for second computer

There is DHCP server in network (isc-dhcpd-server-3.0 on FreeBSD 7.2) than gives one IP per switch port to every user via Option 82 The problem appears when user disconnects one of his computers and connects another(i.e notebook with different MAC…
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Monitoring an ISC DHCP Failover Status Using Nagios

I recently implemented ISC DHCP Failover and it's working beautifully, but I'd like to monitor the current status of the failover using Nagios. Ultimately, I would like my Nagios check to: report a WARNING when the Secondary DHCP server kicks in…
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ISC DHCP server: how many IPs are in use?

I'm wondering what is the correct way to count how many IPs are in use in my network according to the dhcpd process. Is it just a matter of counting "binding state active" lines in dhcpd.leases file? Or it is something more complicated? Thanks in…
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Redirect all messages from dhcpd to its own log file?

I'd like to redirect all messages from dhcpd to their own log file, rather than having them appear in /var/log/messages. Here is the configuration on /etc/syslog.conf: !dhcpd *.* /var/log/dhcpd.log The messages are redirected to…
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