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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


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