Maximum possible value for *-lease-time?

[Glenn Satchell]

>Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:59:31 +0100
>From: Emmanuel Halbwachs <Emmanuel.Halbwachs at obspm.fr>
>To: dhcp-users at isc.org
>Subject: Maximum possible value for *-lease-time?
>
>Hello everybody,
>
>I would like to know what is the maximum value possible for 
>
>  default-lease-time
>  max-lease-time
>
>E. g. is it correct to set it to value such 1296000 (15 days)?
>
>I didn't find the answer by googling or in the documentation. If by
>chance somebody has immediately the answer, I would be happy as I
>wouldn't have to dive in the code ;-)
>
>TIA,
>
>-- 
>Emmanuel Halbwachs
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It's a 32 bit number, so the maximum value is 2^32 - 1, but with an
absolute limit of that time in 2038 when the number of seconds since
the epoch reaches 2^32. So, it can be a really dig number, bigger than
you're likely to ever need.

If you have fairly static client list and a few spare IP addresses then
there is no reason why you couldn't lease times to be a few months, 15
days is entirely reasonable.

regards,

-glenn