dhcp-forwarder is a DHCP relay agent which forwards DHCP messages between subnets with different sublayer broadcast domains. It runs as non-root in a chroot-jail.
| Tags | Networking |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL GPLv3 |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases


Changes: This version is licensed under the GPLv3. It supports variable expansion in the configuration file and customization of ports used. Build problems on big-endian systems were fixed.


Changes: This version fixes compilation issues with dietlibc 0.27.


Changes: This version makes it possible to run multiple instances of the program on the same machine.


Changes: This version allows the '.' characters in interface names for compatibility with VLAN kernels.


Changes: Bad usage of alloca() was fixed in this release, daemonizing code detaches from the controlling terminal, and non-ethernet interfaces (e.g. PPP) on the server side are accepted now. There are minor code cleanups, and it should compile with uClibc too.