The upcoming DHCP server page
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I updated to 2.7.2 and saw this notice: ISC DHCP has reached end-of-life,
... and someday it might disappear.
I need to assign fixed IP LAN addresses for most devices, have the standard automatic assign for random new devices, and point to an override dns server, like pi-hole for example. These are simple needs. The new page does not seems to be able to do these things. Are there any plans, or is there a new place, to enter this information?
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@coffeecup25 Morning, if you find the time do a quick search in the forum, KEA DHCP comes up a few times:
TL;DR: the KEA implementation in pfSense is at the moment more of a preview and not feature complete. So stick with ISC DHCP.
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Thanks.
I kind of suspect the warning notice is tersely written and not especially relevant to my concerns. But I could be wrong. They could be doing something wacky as the message implies if you read it without researching anything.
I have no plans to do anything just yet. I don't spend much time here and I'm very sure passing the time to read about variants of DHCP servers is not how I would spend my free time. As long as my basic needs are met, they can do anything they want about the rest of DHCP. In fact, I didn't know and seriously don't care about any other aspects of DHCP other than my primary concerns. If they want to change me over on their own they are free to do it as long as I don't lose my static IP addresses.
Every other router I've ever used can fill my basic needs so I'm sure the next changes to DHCP here will also do what I need. I do not want to have to reenter static mappings on another page .... just because.
