DHCP Server Capacity - what limit in ROS for leases & server

RouterOS General
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Hello everyone,

My network design is:

1 RB1100AH acting as branch edge router.

I have 40 Interdepartmental vlans (PCI-DSS requirements) and each one needs a DHCP Server, giving out a /23 to each vlan with MAC Authentication via Userman.

My questions are:

What is the limit of number of DHCP Servers on RouterOS, and how many leases per server can it hold?

Can the RB1100AH handle this job?

Many thanks,

Alex

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Yes, the RB100AH can handle that as long as the bandwidth usage doesn’t kill it. It will be able to handle the internal workings just fine. I have used them in an environment that had over a hundred DHCP servers and all the clients tied into RADIUS.

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Hi,

Thanks for the response, its good to know that my design will fly on this hardware.

So, do you know the theoretical limits for RouterOS as far as DHCP goes, or is it just hardware limited. I cant find anything in the licensing that points to limits.

Many thanks,

Alex

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there are no limitations (only how much hardware can handle)