The following comparison of
DHCP
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network management protocol used on Internet Protocol (IP) networks for automatically assigning IP addresses and other communication parameters to devices connected to the network using a clie ...
and
DHCPv6
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol version 6 (DHCPv6) is a network protocol for configuring Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) hosts with IP addresses, IP prefixes, default route, local segment MTU, and other configuration data required to ...
server compares general and technical information for several DHCP server software programs.
General
Operating system requirement
In this overview of
operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common daemon (computing), services for computer programs.
Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ...
support for the discussed DHCP server, the following terms indicate the level of support:
* ''No'' indicates that it does not exist or was never released.
* ''Yes'' indicates that it has been officially released in a fully functional, stable version.
This compilation is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common platforms today.
Feature matrix
See also
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Comparison of DNS server software
This article presents a comparison of the features, platform support, and packaging of many independent implementations of Domain Name System (DNS) name server software.
Servers compared
Each of these Domain Name System, DNS servers is an inde ...
References
General
dhcpy6d
FreeRADIUS
Kea DHCP
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DHCP server software