Re: DHCP slow renewal, actually times out but mysteriously still gets an IP

[Roberto Sanchez <rcsanchez97@yahoo.es>]

Stalks wrote:
> I have a small network with 6 public IP addresses. The debian server 
> runs a DHCP server. I've tried
> with the 'apt-get install dhcp' and am now using 'apt-get install 
> dhcp3-server'.
>
> When my XP SP1a machine (PC4800 Deluxe with onboard 3COM Gigabit 
> Ethernet) attempts to get an IP via
> DHCP, windows actually times out. *but* it *does* get an IP.

By default, if a DHCP attempt times out, the client will normally
use the last known good address it was given.

-Roberto Sanchez

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