Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 15:37:03 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Thirumalai Rajan <thirumalairajan@eth.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DHCP PROBLEM Message-ID: <395CA27F.63B395A7@i-clue.de> References: <000001bfe24a$a149f860$470aa8c0@payroll1>
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> Thirumalai Rajan wrote: > > > HELLO, > > I AM CHAITANYA,WORKING AS A NETWORK ENGINEER. Please do not SHOUT. SHOUTING is frowned upon in this list. (Besides: its readability is very bad, compared to mixed case.) > IN OUR COMPANY THERE'S A PROBLEM.WE ARE USING DHCP SERVER FOR > AUTOMATIC IP ADDRESSING.THE SERVER IS WORKING FINE FOR 1 MONTH.AFTER > THAT SOME CLIENT COMPUTERS ARE NOT ABLE TO GET ANY IP ADDRESS.IF I > ASSAIGN THE STATIC IP FROM THAT POOL IT WORKS FINE. > > WHATS THE PROBLEM? As you stated, the problem is DHCP leases are not revoked in a timely manner. > WHY ITS NOT GETTING IP ADDRESS AUTOMATICALLY? Probably because there is no free lease available. Have a look at your DCHP configuration file, and reduce lease time. Consult the man page for your dhcpd, also read up on how DHCP works. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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