DHCP support in freeradius
Hi All, I've read the dhcp config examples in the freeradius package. That means I've also seen the warnings about not actually using it because it's not ready. Oddly, I've find threads in this list about DHCP support in freeradius working just fine. So, which is it? Is the freeradius DHCP support usable or should I still stay away? Regards, Ranbir -- Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu Linux 2.6.32.14-127.fc12.x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 17:17:03 up 19 days, 8:04, 7 users, load average: 0.13, 0.10, 0.09
It's pretty usable. But give your setup a thorough testing before introducing it to a production environment. -Arran On Jul 14, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
Hi All,
I've read the dhcp config examples in the freeradius package. That means I've also seen the warnings about not actually using it because it's not ready. Oddly, I've find threads in this list about DHCP support in freeradius working just fine.
So, which is it? Is the freeradius DHCP support usable or should I still stay away?
Regards,
Ranbir
-- Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu Linux 2.6.32.14-127.fc12.x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 17:17:03 up 19 days, 8:04, 7 users, load average: 0.13, 0.10, 0.09
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Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
I've read the dhcp config examples in the freeradius package. That means I've also seen the warnings about not actually using it because it's not ready. Oddly, I've find threads in this list about DHCP support in freeradius working just fine.
It works in the engineering sense of working. It functions, it does what you want, and plenty of people are using it. But it's not productized and it's not trivial to use.
So, which is it? Is the freeradius DHCP support usable or should I still stay away?
Please try it. The only way we can mark it "good for general use" is if some people try it. Alan DeKok.
On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 08:57 +0200, Alan DeKok wrote:
It works in the engineering sense of working. It functions, it does what you want, and plenty of people are using it.
But it's not productized and it's not trivial to use.
Well, that's good enough for me. I've implemented plenty of "almost ready" software in the past and haven't had problems. The deciding factor for me has always been how much people complained. In this case, I haven't read much about the DHCP features not working.
Please try it. The only way we can mark it "good for general use" is if some people try it.
I will be doing just that. I'll let you guys know how it works out (in our test environment, anyway). Regards, Ranbir -- Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu Linux 2.6.32.14-127.fc12.x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 19:26:14 up 20 days, 10:14, 8 users, load average: 0.03, 0.10, 0.08
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