So you're saying that they are always exclusive within the lease period? Are 
there any routers where they aren't exclusive? 


On Jan 29, 2013, at 10:22, [email protected] wrote:

> It all depends on configuration. Typically there is a "lease time" that 
> specifies how long a machine should have an IP address. If you have 
> configured your DHCP server to have 10 addresses available and all 10 are 
> leased out and an 11th machine connects, it won't get an IP until one of the 
> 10 IP's lease expires. Generally the lease time is a day or so, but could be 
> anywhere from 10 minutes to four weeks or more.
> -- 
> Jessie A. Morris
> 801-210-1526
> [email protected]
> 
> On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:12:21 Wade Shearer wrote:
>> Plug,
>> 
>> Are DHCP leases exclusive (generally)? The point--as I understand it--is to 
>> remember which address each client receives so that they can be issued the 
>> same one each time they connect as long as they connect fairly consistently. 
>> The address isn't reserved for them exclusively (within the lease time) 
>> though, is it? Meaning, if connections become sparse and are new connection 
>> attempts denied because IPs are leased to non-connected clients, or is your 
>> IP given to someone else if you're not there?
>> 
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