Re: randomly(!) assign ip's from dynamic address range

Posted by Doug Barton on Jun 05, 2015; 5:28pm
URL: http://isc-dhcp-users.193.s1.nabble.com/randomly-assign-ip-s-from-dynamic-address-range-tp156p172.html

On 6/5/15 10:29 AM, Mark Sandrock wrote:

>
>> On Jun 5, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Doug Barton <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/5/15 9:44 AM, Bob Harold wrote:
>>> Interesting idea to remove expired lease information form the server.
>>> But I think that clients also remember their IP and request it the next
>>> time they connect.  Is that true?
>>
>> Yes, they will DHCPDISCOVER for the address they already had.
>>
>
> But if the client-to-IP address association
> is not maintained, i.e., is immediately
> scavenged, then there is more of a
> possibility that the old IP will be given
> out to some other client before the
> previous owner requests it back, yes?

No, because all the other clients are going to DHCPDISCOVER for their
old addresses as well.


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