On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 10:26:43AM -0400, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Steve Allison wrote: > >On Sat, 22 May 2004 00:20:08 +0200, in linux.debian.user you wrote: > > > > > >>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 > > > > > >Does WindowsXP hold onto the last known IP even with a reboot? I > >havent a clue about the internal workings of the DHCP protocol. > >Looking at the logs, > > I don't know about XP. But, Debian stores its DHCP leases in a > file. When I have shut all my machines down and brought up only > one or two clients, with no DHCP server on the network, the clients > pickup their previous addresses even after the reboot. > > -Roberto Sanchez
If you are using a default-lease-time 0; in /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf then increase it to see if the problem will go away. Otherwise I haven't a clue. -- "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." -- George Bernard Shaw (sent by shaulk @ actcom . net . il) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]