switch over from ISC DHCP to Kea DHCP
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Yeah KEA is super unstable right now. I've tried the switch three times - no luck. Most of my devices just stop connecting.
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@ambrosios Thanks. Hi Netgate, are you guys/gals looking into this issue before the cut-off ?
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@netboy said in switch over from ISC DHCP to Kea DHCP:
before the cut-off ?
before what cutoff? ISC has not stated any hard cutoff of any sort...
Where is some cutoff?
https://www.isc.org/blogs/isc-dhcp-eol/
Other than the one that has already passed where the last "maint" release has been released already..
Here is what you should of taken away from their blog
"However, it is time to start thinking about a migration plan to a more modern system that is actively maintained."
Which is exactly what pfsense is doing, they are moving towards kea.. They even have a preview out that can provide very basic dhcp services.. I would guess, a few more releases down the road kea will reach parity if not surpass the current feature set of isc and everyone will be able to migrate to kea if they so desire..
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@netboy Yes it has reached end of life - SO?? Nobody reads the release notes or blog? Yeah the wording might of been stated a bit better..
https://www.netgate.com/blog/netgate-adds-kea-dhcp-to-pfsense-plus-software-version-23.09-1
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/23-09.html#rn-23-09-kea
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@johnpoz Let me pose the question differently?
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@netboy When its ready, like with every release of pfsense ever in the history of pfsense ;)
Pfsense releases when they feel its ready.. I have not seen any info about when that might be.. Maybe it will be in 24.X or maybe it will be 25.X ?
I am sure there are many people looking forward to it, possible some cool things when it happens like unbound not restarting on every dhcp event, etc. But when that might be??? I would suggest you read the blog ;) and release notes of new versions when they are posted ;)
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@Gertjan said in switch over from ISC DHCP to Kea DHCP:
Kea - the pfSense GUI front end - is still missing a lot of options and features, if you don't need them, then Kea will do just fine.
Things like working DHCP? I tried switching today and DHCP failed completely. Other than that, it's great!
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@JKnott That is exactly my point if DHCP is failing why have this feature which is not fully baked in? Or am I missing something?
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@netboy I have no idea what jknott is or was doing when he switched.. But when they first released the "preview" I tested it and worked just fine if all you wanted to do was hand out an IP.. Sure there are many users of pfsense that all they need is that, etc. But I am not one of those people ;) hehehe
Its limitations were blogged about, and in the release notes.. Yeah its not quite ready for prime time.. But it could serve as your dhcp server if all you wanted was hey client asks for IP, give him one..
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@johnpoz
Here is my issue.
When I go to Services > DHCP Server > LAN I see the following message:"ISC DHCP has reached end-of-life and will be removed in a future version of Netgate pfSense Plus. Visit System > Advanced > Networking to switch DHCP backend"
When I see the above message, I expect the change to Kea DHCP will be fully functional which is not the case.
I am using DHCP for
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Defining address pool range
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Get a new IP address when new network device is connected and
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Defining STATIC mapping for some DHCP device
Does the existing change to kea DHCP allow me to do ALL OF THE ABOVE without issues (meaning has been tested)?
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@netboy said in switch over from ISC DHCP to Kea DHCP:
@johnpoz
Here is my issue.
When I go to Services > DHCP Server > LAN I see the following message:As has been commented many times on this forum, the message displayed by the software could have been better worded and less alarming. Users need to read the software release notes and understand what they are saying to accurately interpret the software message. That is why many users refer to the current Kea implementation in pfsense as a software preview.
- Defining STATIC mapping for some DHCP device
Does the existing change to kea DHCP allow me to do ALL OF THE ABOVE without issues (meaning has been tested)?
Please read the software release notes and earlier posts in this thread.
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@johnpoz said in switch over from ISC DHCP to Kea DHCP:
I have no idea what jknott is or was doing when he switched.
I just enabled Kea. Later in the day, when I used my notebook, anything that required IPv4 wasn't working. On Linux, I had no IPv4 address and on Windows, I got an APIPA address. My cell phone also stopped connecting to WiFi. After going back to ISC, DHCP works again.
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@JKnott Thx for the update. Very helpful
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@johnpoz said in switch over from ISC DHCP to Kea DHCP:
@netboy But when they first released the "preview" I tested it and worked just fine if all you wanted to do was hand out an IP..
If my network is more complicated then just needing IPs handed out, I may be grossly underestimating how complicated my network setup actually is.
I'm no expert, but I think I know a good bit. ISC: defaults, single subnet, a few static IPs.... DHCP works fine. Switch to KEA and everything drops, never to be seen again.
Granted I could spend more time on root cause, but I'm surprised to hear it worked for you. I may have to give it another go.
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I read the blog post. I'm dumb. Thanks for playing. I'll go get the cone of shame now. -
@JKnott said in switch over from ISC DHCP to Kea DHCP:
After going back to ISC, DHCP works again.
Cool. So Kea DHCP is working as advertised
From https://www.netgate.com/blog/netgate-adds-kea-dhcp-to-pfsense-plus-software-version-23.09-1
the Kea implementation lacks the following DHCP server features:
- Local DNS Resolver/Forwarder Registration for static and dynamic DHCP clients
- Remote DNS server registration
- DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation
- High Availability Failover
- Lease statistics/graphs
- Custom DHCP options
Note: If you have assigned hostnames to devices on your network using static leases, or rely on dynamic lease registration in DNS, switching to Kea DHCP results in those hostnames being ignored. The static lease configuration is kept, so switching back to ISC DHCP will restore the functionality.
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@ambrosios said in switch over from ISC DHCP to Kea DHCP:
I'm no expert, but I think I know a good bit. ISC: defaults, single subnet, a few static IPs.... DHCP works fine. Switch to KEA and everything drops, never to be seen again.
I have multiple subnets and any device that lives here has a static mapped IPv4 address, other than my desktop computer and pfSense, both of which have a static configuration. After I noticed it failed, I even tried rebooting pfSense, but that made no difference.
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@JKnott said in switch over from ISC DHCP to Kea DHCP:
any device that lives here has a static mapped IPv4 address
Well since preview of kea doesn't support those - no wonder it not working for you..
So clearly you did not read the blog or the release notes..
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@johnpoz said in switch over from ISC DHCP to Kea DHCP:
So clearly you did not read the blog or the release notes..
We're supposed to read???
I'll just ignore the warnings. Hopefully this gets fixed before ISC is dropped.
