Re: DHCP renewal..

[ISHWAR RATTAN <rattan@cps.cmich.edu>]

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007, Ken Irving wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 02:25:14PM -0400, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote:
> > Running a liveCD system.
> >
> > At the first boot ip-address is obtained via DHCP
> > The ip-address is changed to a static ip-address
> > (does work)
> >
> > After sometime, the system renews the DHCP lease,
> > is there a way to stop this renewal?
>
> You can do what you want, but I think most DHCP servers expect the clients
> to comply with periodically re-upping the lease.  I'm not sure, but I think
> the lease period is probably specified by the server when the ip is granted.
> Read the manpages for client and servers to find out more.
>
> You could, for instance, simply change your network to use a static address
> with the ip you receive from the dhcp server -- but of course this would

I did that but the client still goes for renewal. Temporary solution I have
is to kill the DHCP client (not allow it to run). I am sure that there is
a sane solution avaiilable in this group.

-ishwar