No Custom DHCP-options in new KEA DHCP-server

frater · Dec 14, 2023, 1:10 PM

Last week I installed a new Pfsense 2.7.2
I wanted to use the new DHCP-server from then on.

At some point I needed to configure custom DHCP-options and noticed they were not there....
Because I need them to automatically configure Unifi-equipment, I switched back to the old server.

Is it WIP or will it be gone in the future?

Gertjan · Dec 14, 2023, 1:10 PM

@frater

See here KEA DHCP - lacking features

And this.

frater · Dec 14, 2023, 2:12 PM

Yeah, right...

It was literally the first thing I tried to do when I went to the DHCP-server settings.

The message in 2.7.1 is totally out of place.
It would have been much better if it was something like this:

"We're working hard on the implementation of KEA, which will replace ISC DHCP server soon"

A checkbox to "get rid of the warning" is also out of place.
When people would actually use it they will forget about it and become surprised.

johnpoz · Dec 14, 2023, 2:22 PM

@frater said in No Custom DHCP-options in new KEA DHCP-server:

A checkbox to "get rid of the warning" is also out of place.

I don't agree.. A user smart enough to turn off the warning, and having read the release notes that pretty clearly state that kea is preview and not really ready for prime time shouldn't have to see the warning every time they go to do something with dhcp.

So yeah I should be able to turn off the warning.. I am sure when the next update comes out they will unflip that flag about the warning, etc as well.

But yeah I agree the warning about isc going away could of been handled a bit differently..

Maybe something to the effect, please refer to the release notes (with a link to specific about kea missing features) To see if the current preview release of kea will meet your needs.