jsharper wrote: > peter;336092 Wrote: > >> I noticed that both my controllers and one SB3 did not renew their >> lease but just kept using the IP they had before. >> ... >> It seems to me the controllers and sb's should request a new address >> after losing connectivity to avoid this kind of thing. >> >> > > I don't believe they are required (by dhcp specs) to renew their lease > just because the eth or wifi link dropped (even if winxp does do it). > The whole point of a lease is that the dhcp server is saying "here, you > are allowed to use this IP until this date/time"... if you reconfigured > your router to give that IP to some other device before that date/time > was reached, then the IP conflict was caused by you breaking the lease, > and is not the fault of the device that kept using the old IP.
I did not reconfigure my router, I just power cycled it. OTOH, it's quite possible that my router (a Draytek) is violating the rules by forgetting the IP addresses. It's a popular brand of router though, and this behavior will cause more problems. The other devices I have did seem to request a new lease. Mvg, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
