On Feb 19, 2008 10:34 AM, Benjamin Zachary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I understood dhcp to be along the lines of a negative response is still a > response (like dns) whereas the client broadcasts out server1 responds and > says I have no IP's and the box says ok Im done I don't get an IP.
Pretty close. When a DHCP client receives a DHCPNAK from a DHCP server, the client restarts the entire DHCP request process over again from the beginning. (RFC-2131, Section 3.1, Step 5, Paragraph 2) It does *not* go and ask another server. The retransmission process has no provisions for preferring a different server the next time around. Which is not to say that a client couldn't do that, but I don't think any in popular use do. Most clients just go with whatever server answers first. That will typically be the same server each time; hence the behavior you are seeing. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
