You need a trace closer to the client.  Most likely the offer is not making it 
to the client or request is not making it 
back to the server.


Possible causes -

1. packetloss at client side
2. rouge dhcp server


On 12/13/2016 02:23 PM, Atanas P Atanasov wrote:
> We’re a seeing some odd behavior in our wireless deployment, seemingly random 
> clients aren’t able to obtain an IP via DHCP
>
> When analyzing the DHCP logs and also debugs on the wireless controller, we 
> see the clients sending a DHCP DISCOVER
> packet and the DHCP server responds with a DHCP OFFER. However the client 
> doesn’t follow up with a DHCP REQUEST. This
> behavior continues sometimes for hours, until the client finally sends a DHCP 
> REQUEST and obtains a lease.
>
> The side effect of this is our DHCP servers are getting long delays when the 
> dhcp service is restarted. We are using
> Infoblox dhcp severs in a failover group. From a support case we have opened 
> with Infoblox, they have determined that
> these excessive dhcp requests are increasing the number of dhcp leases in the 
> database which causes the long restart.
>
> We have seen similar behavior with our wired clients but in lot smaller 
> numbers.
>
>
>
> We’re a Cisco shop, using 8450 controllers, code version is 8.2.121
>
>
>
> Attached is a Splunk search on one of the “misbehaving” clients’ MAC
>
> Any comments are appreciated.
>
>
>
> Atanas Atanasov
>
> Network Engineer
>
> Syracuse University
>
>
>
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