DHCPv6 server recommendation

Carsten Strotmann carsten at strotmann.de
Tue Sep 18 19:31:14 UTC 2018


Hello Mark,

mark <dhcp-question at kraitch.net> writes:

> Hello.
>
> We have been running ISC IPv4 dhcp servers for many
> years.  Currently we are running
> Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.4.1
>
> We want to start testing and deploying IPv6 support.
> Any suggestions or recommendations?   Should we
> try running the Kea DHCPv6 server?  Or would
> you recommend using an ISC HCPv6 server?
>

KEA DHCP is the DHCP server to use.

ISC DHCP (v4 and v6) will possibly be end-of-life some
time in the future. Best is to start all new DHCPv6 deployments on
KEA DHCP (and migrate DHCPv4 as well to KEA).

Greetings

Carsten


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