Comparison of DHCP server software
The following comparison of DHCP and DHCPv6 server compares general and technical information for a number of DHCP server software programs.
General
| Name | Author | First public release | latest stable version | Cost | Software license | Written in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dhcpy6d[dh 1] | Henri Wahl (Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden) | 2012 | 6 January 2016 | free software | GPLv2 | Python |
| dibbler[di 1] | Tomasz Mrugalski and Marek Senderski | 2004 | 1 August 2015 | free software | GPL | C, C++, Shell[di 2] |
| dnsmasq | Simon Kelley | 2001 | 2.75 (July 30, 2015) [±][1] | free software | GPLv2 or GPLv3 | C |
| ISC DHCP | Internet Systems Consortium | 1999 | Extended Support Version: 4.1-ESV-R13 (March 29, 2016) [±][2] |
free software | ISC License | C |
| FreeRADIUS[freeradius 1] | FreeRADIUS Development Team | 2012 (First stable release including DHCPv4 support) | FreeRADIUS 3.0.11 (January 25, 2016) [±][5][6] | free software | GPLv2 | C |
| Jagornet DHCP[jag 1] | Jagornet Technologies (A. Gregory Rabil) | 2011 | 2.0.0 (October 29, 2014) | free software | GPLv3 | Java |
| Kea DHCP[kea 1] | Internet Systems Consortium | 2014 | Kea 1.1 [7] | free software | MPL 2.0 | C++ |
| udhcpd | Matthew Ramsay | 1999 | busybox 1.25.1 (October 7, 2016) [±][8] | free software | GNU GPLv2 only | C |
| WIDE-DHCPv6[wi 1] | KAME project | ? | 20080615 (15 June 2008) | free software | BSD License | C, shell |
Operating system requirement
In this overview of operating system support for the discussed DHCP server, the following terms indicate the level of support:
- No indicates that it does not exist or was never released.
- Partial indicates that while it works, the server lacks important functionality compared to versions for other OSs; it is still being developed however.
- Beta indicates that while a version is fully functional and has been released, it is still in development (e.g. for stability).
- Yes indicates that it has been officially released in a fully functional, stable version.
- Included indicates that the server comes pre-packaged with or has been integrated into the operating system.
This compilation is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common platforms today.
| Server | BSD | Solaris | Linux | Mac OS X | Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dhcpy6d | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No |
| dibbler | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| dnsmasq | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| ISC DHCP | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| FreeRADIUS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Jagornet DHCP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kea DHCP | Yes | Beta | Yes | Beta | No |
| udhcpd | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| WIDE-DHCPv6 | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No |
Feature Matrix
| Server | BOOTP | DHCP | DHCPv6 | other | interface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dhcpy6d | No | No | Yes | ? | ? |
| dibbler | No | No | Yes | ? | ? |
| dnsmasq | Yes | Yes | Yes | PXE, TFTP | ? |
| ISC DHCP | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| FreeRADIUS | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? |
| Jagornet DHCP | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Kea DHCP | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| udhcpd | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? |
| WIDE-DHCPv6 | No | No | Yes | ? | ? |
RFC Matrix
| Server | RFC 951 | RFC 1534 | RFC 1542 | RFC 2131 | RFC 2132 | RFC 3046 | RFC 3315 | RFC 3319 | RFC 3633 | RFC 3646 | RFC 3736 | RFC 3942 | RFC 4242 | RFC 4361 | RFC 4436 | RFC 5007 | RFC 6221 | RFC 6939 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dhcpy6d | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
| dibbler | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Dnsmasq | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| ISC DHCP | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | v4.3 and later |
| FreeRADIUS | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Jagornet DHCP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | ? | Yes | Partial | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Kea DHCP | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| udhcpd | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| WIDE DHCPv6 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
See also
References
General
- ↑ Kelley, Simon (30 July 2015). "Announce: dnsmasq-2.75". Dnsmasq-discuss (Mailing list).
- ↑ "DHCP 4.1-ESV-R13 Release Notes". 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ↑ "DHCP 4.3.0 Release Notes". 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ↑ "Downloads; Internet Systems Consortium". isc.org. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ↑ "Pess Releases". freeradius.org. 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- ↑ "Downloads". freeradius.org. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- ↑ "Kea development wiki page". kea.isc.org. Internet Systems Consortium. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ↑ Vlasenko, Denys (2016-10-07). "[git commit] Announce 1.25.1". lists.busybox.net Mailing Lists. busybox-cvs. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
FreeRADIUS
Jagornet DHCP
- ↑ "Jagornet DHCP". www.jagornet.com. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
Kea DHCP
- ↑ "Kea Development". kea.isc.org. 2014-08-29. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
dhcpy6d
- ↑ "dhcpy6d :: Home". ifw-dresden.de. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
dibbler
- ↑ "DHCPv6: Dibbler - a portable DHCPv6". klub.com.pl. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
- ↑ "tomaszmrugalski/dibbler · GitHub". GitHub. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
WIDE DHCPD
- ↑ "WIDE-DHCPv6". sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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