Re: dhcp apparently handing out the wrong ip address

[Roberto Sanchez <roberto@familiasanchez.net>]

Alan Chandler wrote:
> On Saturday 08 January 2005 20:25, Alan Chandler wrote:
>
> > On Saturday 08 January 2005 14:35, Robert Vangel wrote:
> > .
> >
> >
> > > After releasing, make sure you clean out /var/lib/dhcp3/dhcpd.leases (I
> > > think), it may cache what IP to assign to clients (although you would
> > > think the configuration would override this).
> > >
> > > Process I would use to clean it: stop dhcp3-server, clean out
> > > dhcpd.leases, start dhcp3-server.
> >
> > Tried that too - doesn't seem to help
> >
> > Its almost as though win 2000 has kept a record and is asking for the same
> > address in the
>
> ... request
>
> Sorry clicked send to early

IIRC, though it has been a long time since I messed with Windows
networking, if the DHCP server takes too long to offer an address,
it will simply use the previously issued address.

-Roberto Sanchez