dhcpd - 4.1-ESV-R3

[Simon Hobson]

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 ?