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Date:      Mon, 8 Feb 1999 15:21:35 -0800 (PST)
From:      Mike Holling <myke@ees.com>
To:        Andreas Braukmann <braukmann@tse-online.de>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9902081519560.1994-100000@phluffy.fks.bt>
In-Reply-To: <19990209001730.E1047@paert.tse-online.de>

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> speaking about DHCP-things (clients and servers) I would like to 
> hear from some 'export' on choosing a the 'right' dhcp-software
> for FreeBSD.
> I'm mostly interested in choosing the server part. In the past I
> deployed only the wide-dhcp server from the ports collection; but
> only because I somehow decided to test the wide-dhcp before the isc one.
> 
> A few days ago I had a look (triggered by a piece of samba documentation)
> at isc-dhcp and found the configuration syntax somewhat more user friendly.
> 
> Are there any really hard facts on how to decide?

FWIW, I've integrated both the WIDE DHCP client and server pieces into a
PicoBSD image.  I started out trying with ISC, but WIDE ended up being
much easier to deal with.  The ISC server does have a nicer configuration
syntax, but the WIDE client is easier to get going with.

- Mike



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