Can't you get the dynamic leases through the API?
On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 11:02 AM Kerry <kpenl...@bigtube.net> wrote: > > All I can tell you is our experience with mikrotik dhcp. We have been > running two identical vm's for 10 yrs serving up leases. One main vm does > all the work, we have a script that runs on each lease > assignment/deassignment that logs the mac, ip, and datetime in a log in our > IPAM, (phpIPAM) and a script that runs twice daily to copy the dhcp > config, leases, etc to the 'backup' vm. This is a kludge to getting around > the lack of a common lease 'database'. We can swap the backup vm into place > in a matter of minutes should the main one fail. And then there are the vm > backups on top of that. > Currently, it is maintaining 6700+ leases without breaking a sweat. > And on top of that, you have all the convenience of winbox, which has been > invaluable in the day-to-day ops, looking up lease info, client info stored > in comments in static leases, poolinfo, etc. > If Mikrotik would engineer a way to export dynamic leases as well as > static, or set up a db-driven lease system, it'd be perfect. > > > *----- Original Message -----* > *From:* Chuck McCown via AF [mailto:af@af.afmug.com] <af@af.afmug.com> > *To:* <af@af.afmug.com> > *Cc:* ch...@go-mtc.com > *Sent:* Sat, 5 Feb 2022 09:58:42 -0700 > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] DHCP > > I wonder if that would be more stable than a simple server or VM running > free DHCP? > > > > *From:* Kerry > *Sent:* Friday, February 4, 2022 6:44 PM > *To:* af@af.afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] DHCP > > How about a cheap mikrotik? We use mikrotik dhcp to manage around 6000 > leases everyday. On a vm of course. > > > *----- Original Message -----* > *From:* Chuck McCown via AF [mailto:af@af.afmug.com > *To:* <af@af.afmug.com> > *Cc:* Chuck McCown <ch...@go-mtc.com> > *Sent:* Fri, 4 Feb 2022 17:01:13 -0700 > *Subject:* [AFMUG] DHCP > > I need to spin up DHCP. Another company I am affiliated with uses > DHCPatriot. No idea why it is better than free DHCP. Any recommendations? > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com <#m_1893823801051562095_> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > ------------------------------ > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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