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Comparison of DHCP server software
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<h2 id="general">General</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Author</th><th>First public release</th><th>Latest stable version</th><th>Cost</th><th><a href="/facts/Software_license/7enfIqhL">Software license</a></th><th>Written in</th></tr><tr><th><a href="https://github.com/HenriWahl/dhcpy6d">dhcpy6d</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></th><td>Henri Wahl</td><td>2012</td><td>1.6.0<p>27 July 2024; 8 months ago (2024-07-27)</p></td><td>free software</td><td><a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GPLv2</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Dnsmasq/aJF9tQcp">dnsmasq</a></th><td>Simon Kelley</td><td>2001</td><td>2.90 (February 13, 2024; 14 months ago (2024-02-13)) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Latest_stable_software_release/Dnsmasq&action=edit">[±]</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td><td>free software</td><td><a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GPLv2 or GPLv3</a></td><td><a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/DHCPD/cX8j9RRz">ISC DHCP</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Internet_Systems_Consortium/BoJ6Me3d">Internet Systems Consortium</a></td><td>1999</td><td>Extended Support Version: 4.1-ESV-R16-P1 (May 26, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-05-26)) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Latest_stable_software_release/DHCPD&action=edit">[±]</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><p>Current-stable: 4.4.3-P1 (EOL December 2022) (October 5, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-10-05)) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Latest_stable_software_release/DHCPD&action=edit">[±]</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> This software has reached EOL!<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></p></td><td>free software</td><td><a href="/facts/ISC_license/JBUVCH3l">ISC</a> <a href="/facts/Mozilla_Public_License/hBuvAz1w">MPL 2.0</a> for ver 4.4.x</td><td><a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/FreeRADIUS/VgLTS3GH">FreeRADIUS</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></th><td>FreeRADIUS Development Team</td><td>2012 (First stable release including DHCPv4 support)</td><td><a href="/facts/FreeRADIUS/VgLTS3GH">FreeRADIUS</a> 3.2.6<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> (August 24, 2024; 7 months ago (2024-08-24)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Latest_stable_software_release/FreeRADIUS&action=edit">[±]</a></td><td>free software</td><td><a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GPLv2</a></td><td><a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Kea_(software)/KTw1bdzF">Kea DHCP</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></th><td><a href="/facts/Internet_Systems_Consortium/BoJ6Me3d">Internet Systems Consortium</a></td><td>2014</td><td>Kea 2.6.1 <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> (July 31, 2024; 8 months ago (2024-07-31))</td><td>free software</td><td><a href="/facts/Mozilla_Public_License/hBuvAz1w">MPL 2.0</a></td><td><a href="/facts/C%252B%252B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a></td></tr><tr><th>udhcpd</th><td>Matthew Ramsay</td><td>1999</td><td><a href="/facts/Busybox/CRv85u7S">busybox</a> 1.36.1 (May 19, 2023; 23 months ago (2023-05-19)) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Latest_stable_software_release/BusyBox&action=edit">[±]</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td>free software</td><td>GNU GPLv2 only</td><td>C</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="operating-system-requirement">Operating system requirement</h2> <p>In this overview of <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> support for the discussed DHCP server, the following terms indicate the level of support: </p> <ul><li><i>No</i> indicates that it does not exist or was never released.</li> <li><i>Yes</i> indicates that it has been officially released in a fully functional, stable version.</li></ul> <p>This compilation is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common platforms today. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Server</th><th><a href="/facts/Berkeley_Software_Distribution/XQKcURrh">BSD</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Solaris_(operating_system)/KPfT98EJ">Solaris</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a></th><th><a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a></th></tr><tr><th>dhcpy6d</th><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th>dnsmasq</th><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th>ISC DHCP</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th>FreeRADIUS</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th>Kea DHCP</th><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th>udhcpd</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="feature-matrix">Feature matrix</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Server</th><th><a href="/facts/BOOTP/GPEtMEgK">BOOTP</a></th><th><a href="/facts/DHCP/lpASHnhz">DHCP</a></th><th><a href="/facts/DHCPv6/VMuk8QzQ">DHCPv6</a></th><th>Other</th><th>Load balancing</th><th>Failover</th></tr><tr><th>dhcpy6d</th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td><a href="/facts/Preboot_Execution_Environment/k6uV4fwT">PXE</a>, <a href="/facts/Dynamic_DNS/sJTm6YLu">Dynamic DNS</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>dnsmasq</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td><a href="/facts/Preboot_Execution_Environment/k6uV4fwT">PXE</a>, <a href="/facts/Trivial_File_Transfer_Protocol/TslBlcvJ">TFTP</a></td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th>ISC DHCP</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td><a href="/facts/Dynamic_DNS/sJTm6YLu">Dynamic DNS</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>Kea</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td><a href="/facts/Dynamic_DNS/sJTm6YLu">Dynamic DNS</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>FreeRADIUS</th><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td><a href="/facts/Remote_Authentication_Dial-In_User_Service/NfNur5Q5">RADIUS</a>, <a href="/facts/VLAN_Management_Policy_Server/IebXb5L7">VMPS</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>udhcpd</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>?</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_DNS_server_software/wwhz8tda">Comparison of DNS server software</a></li></ul> <h3>General</h3> <h3>dhcpy6d</h3> <h3>FreeRADIUS</h3> <h3>Kea DHCP</h3> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"About: dhcpy6d". dhcpy6d.de. Retrieved 2021-04-21. <a href="https://dhcpy6d.de/" target="_blank">https://dhcpy6d.de/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Kelley, Simon (13 Feb 2024). "Dnsmasq download page". <a href="http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/" target="_blank">http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"New releases of ISC DHCP are available (DHCP 4.4.2-P1, DHCP 4.1-ESV-R16-P1)". 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-06-19. <a href="https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/dhcp-announce/2021-May/000432.html" target="_blank">https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/dhcp-announce/2021-May/000432.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"New releases of ISC DHCP are available (DHCP 4.4.3-P1, DHCP 4.1-ESV-R16-P2)". 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2021-10-12. <a href="https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/dhcp-announce/2022-October/000437.html" target="_blank">https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/dhcp-announce/2022-October/000437.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Downloads - ISC". isc.org. Retrieved 2022-10-12. <a href="https://www.isc.org/download/#DHCP" target="_blank">https://www.isc.org/download/#DHCP</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"ISC DHCP Server has reached EOL". Internet Systems Consortium. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022. <a href="https://www.isc.org/blogs/isc-dhcp-eol/" target="_blank">https://www.isc.org/blogs/isc-dhcp-eol/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"DHCP". www.freeradius.org. Retrieved 16 August 2015. <a href="http://freeradius.org/features/dhcp.html" target="_blank">http://freeradius.org/features/dhcp.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Releases". Retrieved 30 September 2024. <a href="https://freeradius.org/releases/" target="_blank">https://freeradius.org/releases/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"FreeRADIUS - Release Notes". FreeRADIUS. Retrieved 30 September 2024. <a href="https://www.freeradius.org/release_notes/?br=3.2.x&re=3.2.6" target="_blank">https://www.freeradius.org/release_notes/?br=3.2.x&re=3.2.6</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Kea". isc.org. 2014-08-29. Retrieved 2014-08-31. <a href="https://www.isc.org/kea/" target="_blank">https://www.isc.org/kea/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Kea 2.6.1, Jul 2024, Release Notes". Internet Systems Consortium. Retrieved 6 October 2024. <a href="https://downloads.isc.org/isc/kea/2.6.1/Kea-2.6.1-ReleaseNotes.txt" target="_blank">https://downloads.isc.org/isc/kea/2.6.1/Kea-2.6.1-ReleaseNotes.txt</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Release history". Retrieved May 31, 2023. <a href="https://www.busybox.net/" target="_blank">https://www.busybox.net/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"ISC DHCP 4.4 Manual Pages - dhcpd.conf". kb.isc.org. Retrieved 2023-02-19. <a href="https://kb.isc.org/docs/isc-dhcp-44-manual-pages-dhcpdconf#dynamic-dns-updates" target="_blank">https://kb.isc.org/docs/isc-dhcp-44-manual-pages-dhcpdconf#dynamic-dns-updates</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"ISC DHCP support for Standard DDNS". kb.isc.org. Retrieved 2023-02-19. <a href="https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01091" target="_blank">https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01091</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"13. The DHCP-DDNS Server — Kea 2.3.4 documentation". kea.readthedocs.io. Retrieved 2023-02-19. <a href="https://kea.readthedocs.io/en/kea-2.3.4/arm/ddns.html" target="_blank">https://kea.readthedocs.io/en/kea-2.3.4/arm/ddns.html</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>