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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=363215514-20022009>Hi,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=363215514-20022009> Based on the
comments received from Brad earlier on tuning DHCP for max performance, I
decided to upgrade My DHCP server to 3.1.2 from 3.0.5 and also include the HASH
adjustment for getting max performance.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=363215514-20022009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=363215514-20022009> My
initial version 3.0.5 is from Linux OS didn't have any dhcpd.h file,
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=363215514-20022009>I downloaded the
source tar ball from <A
href="http://ftp.isc.org/isc/dhcp/dhcp-3.1.2.tar.gz"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://ftp.isc.org/isc/dhcp/dhcp-3.1.2.tar.gz</FONT></A> to /tmp/
directory and ran the following commands to build the new
release</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=363215514-20022009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=363215514-20022009>tar -zxvf
dhcp-3.1.2.tar.gz</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=363215514-20022009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=363215514-20022009>1.
./configure</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=363215514-20022009>2.
make</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=363215514-20022009>3.make
install</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=363215514-20022009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=363215514-20022009>and also I made the
following changes in syslog.conf </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=363215514-20022009>local6.*
-/var/log/dhcpd.log</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=363215514-20022009>and changed the
LEASE_HASH_ from 100003 to 250007, </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=363215514-20022009>the file I edited is in the location
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=363215514-20022009><STRONG>/tmp/dhcp-3.1.2/includes/</STRONG><BR></DIV></SPAN></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=363215514-20022009>initially the
performance was around 40 Five way hand shakes per second from 3.0.5 and after
installing 3.1.2 it increased to 61 five way handshakes per second , and
some how I feel the changes made in hash adjustment is not effective, how do I
verify this change. or I need to do some additional steps in order to make the
hash adjustment effective</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=363215514-20022009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=363215514-20022009>did I make any
mistake in installing 3.1.2 </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=363215514-20022009>should I edit any
other file prior to configure or make or make install.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=363215514-20022009>how the changes in
hash will be effective.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=363215514-20022009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=363215514-20022009>also in ver 3.0.5
from Linux OS I didn't find /includes/dhcpd.h at all is it normal
??</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=363215514-20022009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=363215514-20022009>Request to guide me
in this regard.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=363215514-20022009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=363215514-20022009>Regards</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=363215514-20022009>Mani</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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