Modifying DHCP server to use database backend

[Bernd Petrovitsch]

On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 11:03 -0400, andy goldstein wrote:
> > > (Should the in-memory database be able to handle
> > > this large a number of subnets?)
> >
> >It was never designed with that in mind.   In principle it can do
> >this right now, as long as you crank the renewal time out long
> >enough, but server reloads become more expensive the more leases
> >you're supporting.
> 
> Are there any DHCP servers available that will support over 60,000
subnets?  

I don't know. But please tell us if you find one.

> I've looked on Google but I haven't had much luck coming up with a
list of 
> servers out there, other than ISC DHCPD, Lucent QIP and the DHCP
server that 
> comes with Windows Server.

http://udhcp.busybox.net/ is more from the embedded world.
http://users.accesscomm.ca/docsis_server/ has a DHCP server (and other
probably less interesting stuff for you) which uses MySQL as backend.

Please tell your experiences if you tried them.

        Bernd
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