Need to monitor DHCP performance remotely

[Rob Tanner]

Hi,

I need to set up DHCP probes in several remote areas of campus to 
monitor DHCP response times -- not so much the performance of the server 
itself but rather how long it takes to get a response back over the 
network.  The probes would be running on statically addressed Linux 
boxes and log the response times. 

I have tried the Perl module Net::DHCP.  Amongst the example programs 
included in the package is dhcpd_test.pl.  When I try it from my 
desktop, it sends the DHCPDISCOVER packet but hangs waiting for the 
DHCPOFFER response.  A sniffer sees both the discover and the offer.  
DHCP programming is not my forté, so I'm not sure what's wrong.  Does 
anybody have some code that will work?  Or can someone suggest another 
package that might meet my needs.

Thanks,

Rob Tanner
UNIX Service Manager
Linfield College, Oregon


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