randomizing lease renewal?

Doug Armstrong doug at ovationdata.com
Thu Mar 29 19:06:26 UTC 2007


Jeff A. Earickson wrote:
> Gang,
>
> We are running ISC DHCP 3.0.5.  A question...  Is it possible
> to force a client to obtain a *different* IP number from an
> IP pool upon lease renewal, instead of getting back the same IP
> for reuse?  Example: the pool is 1.2.3.0/24 and the client has
> IP number 1.2.3.4 leased from the pool.  It goes to renew the
> lease.  I want to make sure that it gets a *new* number upon
> renewal, and does not get 1.2.3.4 back.  Can this be done?
>
> Jeff Earickson
> Colby College
>
>   
No. It is totally against the RFC.


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