With the 24.1 release of OPNsense, Kea has become the preferred DHCP server. The previous DHCP solution, ISC, has reached end of life as of 2022. To be honest, I didn’t read the release notes prior to upgrading so this was a surprise. My configuration was not overly complex. I had 3 vlans configured with various DHCP reservations for each vlan. Based on my configuration , I felt it was best to just re-create the scopes in Kea rather than using a migration tool.
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