DHCP with DNSMasq
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Is there any reason pfsense is not using the local DHCP server built into dnsmasq. dnsmasq was created to be both a dhcp server and dns forwarder. Seems like it would save RAM and disk space to use it for both.
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Is there any reason pfsense is not using the local DHCP server built into dnsmasq. dnsmasq was created to be both a dhcp server and dns forwarder. Seems like it would save RAM and disk space to use it for both.
Inherited from m0n0wall. But at this point I doubt any developer wants to spend their own time to convert… Not to mention I trust ISC for serving DHCP more than dnsmasq.. Nothing against dnsmasq but ISC knows the protocol quite well.
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I also guess we would lose some features like dhcp syncing between carp clustermembers and such.
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I also guess we would lose some features like dhcp syncing between carp clustermembers and such.
That is also correct. DNSMasq has no clustering capabilities.
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OK fair enough, thanks guys