5 Jan
2012
5 Jan
'12
1:07 p.m.
Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
Also, there should be distinction between default and max lease time. DHCP server uses default lease time too force DHCP client to "chek-in" in that time period. If device does not respond, then DHCP server will reuse that IP.
Max lease time is used to allow DHCP client so the traffic is lesser and after that time DHCP client will ask for renewal of the IP.
When is the max lease time used, as a matter of interest? Looking at /var/log/messages on my home server, it seems each device is checked after half the default time, ie every 5 minutes.
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