dhcp status apps
Alex Moen
alexm at ndtel.com
Fri Jan 4 20:09:27 UTC 2008
Edward Mann wrote:
>> > > Subject: Re: dhcp status apps
>> > > From: chris_cox at stercomm.com
>> > > To: dhcp-users at isc.org
>> > > Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:16:21 -0600
>> > >
>> > > On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 11:25 -0500, J E wrote:
>> >> > > Recently a recommendation was given on the list for dhcpstatus (
>> http://dhcpstatus.sourceforge.net/
>> >> > > )by Glenn S. as a way to take a nicer look at leases, etc. And
>> while
>> >> > > it does seem to offer a nice view of some things, the project
>> hasn't
>> >> > > been touched in about 6 years. So v.3 support is minimal, and not
>> >> > > complete - and of course there is no mention of v.4.
>> > >
>> > > I'm curious. What is it missing? You say it's "not complete".
>> > >
>> > > Just curious. We use it it here. We also wrote some stuff to web
>> > > display our DNS.
>> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Can anyone give some recommendations for other products that may
>> have
>> >> > > similar, or even better features than dhcpstatus? I've checked the
>> >> > > list archive, and done some googling but not seeing much that
>> isn't
>> >> > > part of some much larger project, tied into DDNS capabilities,
>> etc.
>> >> > > Free is best, but pay solutions may be OK too :)
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Thanks!
>> >> > >
>> >> > > jeff
>>
>> One thing that DHCPStatus is missing (very important, imho) is the ability
>> to process "include" statements. We are running more than 250 subnets,
>> and
>> are using include statements in our dhcpd.conf that allow us to split up
>> the conf into manageable files. DHCPStatus does not include the included
>> configs, so it is kind of useless in this sense. I am looking at the code
>> to see if it is easy to modify, but I am not a perlmonger by any means so
>> I
>> don't hold much hope! :)
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>
> Hey i do know some perl. I will check it out and see if i can get it to
> parse the include files.
>
> Just trying to help out where i can.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
Cool! Thanks Edward!
Alex
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