DHCPd 3.0 eats CPU with large client range

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DHCPD 3.0 has more functionalities than the version 2.0 but it requires=

more CPU resources.

We have tested both lasted version with the following configuation:
-     Compaq Desktop, PIII 1 Ghz 256kb cache,  512 MB RAM.
-     Mandrake Linux 9.0
-     Lasted version of DHCPd 3.0 & 2.0
-     Client range: 10.0.0.3 10.0.255.255

We used our DHCP client generator tool as mentioned in previous message=
 to
stress test the dhcpd.

And here is the result of DHCPD 3.0
Clt : Clients

Clt   Interpack   Offer ACK   Discover /s       Allocation/s
1000  5000        688   662   52          31
1000  8000        886   867   34          30
1000  10000       999   995   25          25
1000  11000       1000  1000  18          18

DHCPD 3.0 used a lot of CPU resrouce: 80-90% compare to 10% with versio=
n
2.0

DHCPD run faster with lower client range but CPU usage still above 50%.=


Anyone know how to solve this problem ?

PS : if you need the Client generator, just email me and i'll send it t=
o
you

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