Comparison of DHCP server software

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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; 8 years ago (2016-01-06) free software GPLv2 Python
dibbler[di 1] Tomasz Mrugalski and Marek Senderski 2004 1 August 2015; 8 years ago (2015-08-01) free software GPL C, C++, Shell[di 2]
dnsmasq Simon Kelley 2001 2.75 (July 30, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-07-30)) [±][1] free software GPLv2 or GPLv3 C
ISC DHCP Internet Systems Consortium 1999 Extended Support Version: 4.1-ESV-R9 (February 3, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-02-03)) [±][2]

Current-stable: 4.2.6 (February 3, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-02-03)) [±][3]
Current:4.3.0 (February 3, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-02-03)) [±][4] [5]

 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; 8 years ago (2016-01-25)) [±][6][7] free software GPLv2 C
Jagornet DHCP[jag 1] Jagornet Technologies (A. Gregory Rabil) 2011 2.0.0 (October 29, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-10-29)) free software GPLv3 Java
Kea DHCP[kea 1] Internet Systems Consortium (Tomek Mrugalski) 2014 —[kea 2] free software ISC License C++
udhcpd Matthew Ramsay 1999 busybox 1.24.2 (March 24, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-03-24)) [±][8] free software GNU GPLv2 only C
WIDE-DHCPv6[wi 1] KAME project ? 20080615 (15 June 2008; 15 years ago (2008-06-15)) 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
dhcpy6d ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
dibbler ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Dnsmasq ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
ISC DHCP ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
FreeRADIUS ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Jagornet DHCP Yes Yes Yes Partial ? Yes Partial ? Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Kea DHCP ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
udhcpd ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
WIDE DHCPv6 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

See also

References

General

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  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

FreeRADIUS

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Jagornet DHCP

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Kea DHCP

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

dhcpy6d

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

dibbler

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

WIDE DHCPD

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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