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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE-CH link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_GoBack"></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hello Kea Users and Devs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We’re currently using the ISC-DHCPD in our cable and ftth network. All the devices need a dedicated configuration file, which we generate either statically or dynamically with the execute statement. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Unfortunately when an access systems breaks, we have several hundred requests at the same time and the script, which generates the config-files takes a rather long time (~1-2 secs per cpe). During this time the whole dhcpd isn’t handling out other leases…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Does kea have something like the execute statement? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I’m sure there is a way to do it with a hook, but I’m not a programmer and I’m not sure if we can get the hook right.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>There is already a hook, which lets you run your own script (see New Kea hook to call external scripts: kea-hook-runscript)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Tomek Mrugalski wrote: </span><i><span lang=EN-GB>One thing you should consider in the future is that if the script takes a long time to execute, it will freeze whole Kea execution.</span></i><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I hoped that KEA would be different and that the “freeze” would “only” affect the current client/mac address or the current transaction id<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Is there a way around this “limitation”? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>How or where are others generating the configfiles for e.g. a cable modem or a SIP phone? Are you doing this on your dhcp or on your tftp server?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Philippe Mächler<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>