Annotations to dhcpd

Hi,

I just want to make a few annotations to the new dhcpd.

Why do we have to add these useless files, like shell scripts, makefile.am,
makefile.in, etc. to the CVS tree if we want to make dhcpd a real service?
The source code will loose its portability anyway. And why keep this rather
complex directory structure for such a simple utility?

Btw, the dhcp server looks like a hack to me. It is leaking lots of memory
because there is not a single call to free() in the source and the dhcp
options handling it pretty crude. And it doesn't seem to work with a Win2K
client.

I'd suggest to use the Moreton dhcp server (dhcp-win-0.8.25.tar) instead. It
has got a much better internal structure and it works properly. I ran it on
Win98SE and tested it with a Win2K client. The only disadvantage of the
Moreton server is that it uses a binary config file.

Regards,
Eric

[Steven Edwards]

Hi Eric,

--- Eric Kohl [e-mail] wrote:
> Why do we have to add these useless files, like shell scripts,
> makefile.am,
> makefile.in, etc. to the CVS tree if we want to make dhcpd a real
> service?
> The source code will loose its portability anyway. And why keep this
> rather
> complex directory structure for such a simple utility?

Your right I can correct this.
> Btw, the dhcp server looks like a hack to me. It is leaking lots of
> memory
> because there is not a single call to free() in the source and the
> dhcp
> options handling it pretty crude. And it doesn't seem to work with a
> Win2K
> client.

I tested with my IP phone and it seemed to work. Its possible my phone
fell back to cached address or something.
> I'd suggest to use the Moreton dhcp server (dhcp-win-0.8.25.tar)
> instead. It
> has got a much better internal structure and it works properly. I ran
> it on
> Win98SE and tested it with a Win2K client. The only disadvantage of
> the
> Moreton server is that it uses a binary config file.

Can you point me to the source code? I was not able to find it online.

Thanks
Steven

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"Steven Edwards" [e-mail] wrote:
> > I'd suggest to use the Moreton dhcp server (dhcp-win-0.8.25.tar)
> > instead. It
> > has got a much better internal structure and it works properly. I ran
> > it on
> > Win98SE and tested it with a Win2K client. The only disadvantage of
> > the
> > Moreton server is that it uses a binary config file.
>
> Can you point me to the source code? I was not able to find it online.

The original download site is gone but you can find it at
http://udhcp.busybox.net/source/dhcpd-win-0.8.25.tgz . There are newer
version available from that location but IIRC these can not be built on
windows.

Btw, I also think we should keep the dhcp server in a differen directory
because we will also need a dhcp client service. Therfore we should use the
name dhcpssvc for the server service and dhcpcsvc for the client service.

Regards,
Eric

[Steven Edwards]

Hi Eric,

--- Eric Kohl [e-mail] wrote:
Ok I will look at the busybox dhcpd for Windows.
> Btw, I also think we should keep the dhcp server in a differen
> directory
> because we will also need a dhcp client service. Therfore we should
> use the
> name dhcpssvc for the server service and dhcpcsvc for the client
> service.

There is a client on sourceforge I have been looking at. It seems to be
more advanced than the normal windows DHCP client.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/rfc3442svc/

I agree the two services should be seperate.

Thanks
Steven

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[Jiri Doubek]

Hi,
> I'd suggest to use the Moreton dhcp server (dhcp-win-0.8.25.tar) instead. It
> has got a much better internal structure and it works properly. I ran it on
> Win98SE and tested it with a Win2K client. The only disadvantage of the
> Moreton server is that it uses a binary config file.

AFAIK Moreton is open source so it can be rewritten to use registry... 
But I cannot find its webpage. I was redirected to non-existent URL 
which ends up with 404 File Not Found page.

- Jirka