dhcp status apps

[Edward Mann]

>  > > Subject: Re: dhcp status apps
>  > > From: chris_cox at stercomm.com
>  > > To: dhcp-users at isc.org
>  > > Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:16:21 -0600
>  > >
>  > > On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 11:25 -0500, J E wrote:
>  >> > > Recently a recommendation was given on the list for dhcpstatus (
> http://dhcpstatus.sourceforge.net/
>  >> > >   )by Glenn S. as a way to take a nicer look at leases, etc. And
> while
>  >> > > it does seem to offer a nice view of some things, the project
> hasn't
>  >> > > been touched in about 6 years. So v.3 support is minimal, and not
>  >> > > complete - and of course there is no mention of v.4.
>  > >
>  > > I'm curious.  What is it missing?  You say it's "not complete".
>  > >
>  > > Just curious.  We use it it here.  We also wrote some stuff to web
>  > > display our DNS.
>  > >
>  >> > >
>  >> > > Can anyone give some recommendations for other products that may
> have
>  >> > > similar, or even better features than dhcpstatus? I've checked the
>  >> > > list archive, and done some googling but not seeing much that
> isn't
>  >> > > part of some much larger project, tied into DDNS capabilities,
> etc.
>  >> > > Free is best, but pay solutions may be OK too  :)
>  >> > >
>  >> > > Thanks!
>  >> > >
>  >> > > jeff
>
> One thing that DHCPStatus is missing (very important, imho) is the ability
> to process "include" statements.  We are running more than 250 subnets,
> and
> are using include statements in our dhcpd.conf that allow us to split up
> the conf into manageable files.  DHCPStatus does not include the included
> configs, so it is kind of useless in this sense.  I am looking at the code
> to see if it is easy to modify, but I am not a perlmonger by any means so
> I
> don't hold much hope!  :)
>
> Alex
>
>

Hey i do know some perl. I will check it out and see if i can get it to
parse the include files.

Just trying to help out where i can.

Thanks.