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. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin