lease length

[Simon Hobson]

Jeff Haran wrote:

>However, based on my testing it would appear that the leases offered 
>by dhcpd wont be quite that long.
>
>What I found was that the longest lease dhcpd would offer to a 
>client extends to the end of the Unix epoch in 2038.

Which makes sense, since there is no way to encode lease end times 
past then in the space available.

>A long time, but not infinite.

True, but in practical terms it can't make a huge amount of 
difference. Hand up anyone who genuinely thinks that they'll have a 
system in use for the next 14 years without a single reboot (or 
interface going down) and where a lease renewal an half the lease 
time is likely to cause a problem ?

-- 
Simon Hobson

WANTED: "Software CD ROM Kit" for Canon CLBP 360-PS printer (Canon 
part no RH6-3612, or possibly RH6-3810, or RH6-3610 might do). I've a 
dead HD and need this CD so I can replace the disk and re-install the 
printer OS on it. If anyone knows where I might get hold of one I'd 
be grateful - requests to Canon drew a blank, it's been out of 
support for years.
Alternatively, if anyone has one of these and would let me image 
their hard disk ...

Visit http://www.magpiesnestpublishing.co.uk/ for books by acclaimed
author Gladys Hobson. Novels - poetry - short stories - ideal as
Christmas stocking fillers. Some available as e-books.