dhcpd - 4.1-ESV-R3
Simon Hobson
dhcp1 at thehobsons.co.uk
Sun Mar 15 09:12:26 UTC 2015
Rajeev Bansal <rajeev.bansal at innobox.com> wrote:
> I am using the dhcpd - 4.1-ESV-R3 in one of my embedded device, this device assigns an IP lease for a short duration ( Just 5 seconds).
> So I am curious to know if there is some configuration change requires in my dhcpd.conf which can help the misbehaving Windows client.
Yes, set the lease time to a sane value. 5 seconds is not even close.
I would say the absolute minimum sane value would be several minutes - anything less and you are asking for trouble.
Out of interest, why such a short value ?
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