On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 04:44:40PM -0600, Kyle Smalley wrote:
> Yep, that's my experinece too. I don't know much about DHCP, but let's say
> the DHCP server uses an algorithm like,
>
> If (client is known)
> and (the client's last used IP address is known)
Actually, DHCP allows the client program to request a specific address.
The DHCP client daemon in the Debian package "dhcpcd" automatically
requests the IP address that it used the last time around.
> and (that IP address is not assigned to anyone else)
> Then
> Reassign that IP address to the client.
> Else
> From the pool of IP addresses which are not assigned at the moment,
> Pick the one that has gone unused the longest.
> Assign that IP address to the client.
>
> You could probably be disconnected for a very long time then, and still get
> the same IP address when you reconnected.
As far as I know, DHCP (as a protocol specification) doesn't say how the
server must pick the IP address, but this would make sense if minimizing
IP address reassignment were a priority.
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