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Kea and deprecation of ISC DHCP

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It looks like that old girl, ISC DHCP is being put to pasture. The
Current Changelog:

n/kea-3.2.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Added.
  This is the modern DHCPv4/v6 server from ISC, which replaces the
  deprecated ISC dhcp. With ISC dhcp moved to /pasture, the included
  dhclient DHCP client is also gone. If you're still using it, it's
  time to switch to dhcpcd. 

pasture/dhcp-4.4.3_P1-x86_64-1.txz:  Added.

The issue is, I'm using dhclient and dhcpd for my internal LAN; my
Linux box is the router. Now I'm trying to plan on how to proceed. Other
network details:

- ip4, ip6, and DECnet are also routed
- IPX, Chaosnet also present 
- network is wired and wireless
- most of the action is on a bridge, br0, (virtual switch I guess)
- dhclient gets ip6 prefix delegation for the LAN
- radvd sends it down the line
- dhcpd does DHCP for ip4 for the LAN
- SLAAC for ip6, for ip6-able hosts (see radvd point above)
- dhcpcd getting global ip4 from ISP (that is, dhcpcd is already in use)
- diverse network of game consoles, phones, Linux, Sun, and DEC systems

Other software parts in use (these will factor into any choice below):
- dhcpd/dhclient from ISC
- radvd
- hostapd for wireless AP
- pydecnet
- linux decnet
- iptables (for NAT: -j MASQUERADE)
- some custom scripts to bind this all together

Now, with ISC dhcp going away, I will eventually have to select a
different choice. Right now as I can see it, these choices are:

1. Do nothing and hope ISC dhcp stays around in Slackware
2. Wrangle Kea (I know almost nothing about it), moving off ISC dhcp
3. Migrate to dnsmasq

Moving to dnsmasq would have some added benefits, but would require
completely reworking the network. I have zero experience with dnsmasq,
but it looks like it would handle alot of the things I'd need. Migrating
to Kea would involve trial and error, and an assumption that it will
work as ISC dhcp does. I don't even know if it has a "dhclient" and
"dhcpd" binary or work-alike.

My question is: what are you that are using ISC dhcp doing about it now
that it is put to pasture? Will you be using Kea? What do you suggest I
do, considering all the moving parts I'm looking at? General Kea versus
ISC dhcp and migration discussion, also.

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Kea and deprecation of ISC DHCP jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-08-17 11:33 -0400
  Re: Kea and deprecation of ISC DHCP Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-08-17 17:48 +0200
  Re: Kea and deprecation of ISC DHCP Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2026-08-17 16:38 +0000
  Re: Kea and deprecation of ISC DHCP Sylvain Robitaille <syl@therockgarden.ca> - 2026-08-17 18:45 +0000

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