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? >> >> /* >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> Don't fear the penguin. >> */ > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
