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From: alan@bali.seg.wj.com (Alan Strassberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: what's the dhcp solution?
Date: 15 Oct 1996 13:48:40 -0700
Organization: Watkins-Johnson
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In article <32632eaf.15585624@news.together.net>,
Scott I. Remick <chroma@together.net> wrote:
>Could someone fill me in on the scoop with dhcp servers for FreeBSD
>2.1.5?
>
>I see isc-dhcp and wide-dhcp in the ports, but am not sure on the
>difference and therefore which one to use:
>
>I've got a network of about 40 systems (a mixture of Win3.1 and
>Win95), and dhcp would make my life easier.  I've done it with WinNT
>servers so I know how to set things up on the client.

	I've had much better luck with the ISC implementation.
	It supports bootp/dhcp with static/dynamic and also secondary nets.

	But grab the latest (Beta 5 Patchlevel 13):
	http://www.vix.com/pub/isc/dhcp/dhcp-beta.html
	Compiles out of the box. 

	And FYI, the DHCP FAQ is found:
	http://web.syr.edu/~jmwobus/comfaqs/dhcp.faq.html

					alan
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