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Date:      Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:43:21 -0500
From:      Bob Hall <rjhjr@cox.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dhclient stops trying to get a new lease
Message-ID:  <20050128224321.GA16127@kongemord.krig.net>
In-Reply-To: <41FAB5A0.2000909@serpe.org>
References:  <41FAB5A0.2000909@serpe.org>

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On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 10:58:56PM +0100, Nicolas wrote:
> Why did it stopped trying ? What should I do to tell him to try forever 
> until it can acquire a lease ?

That's set in dhclient.leases, in the expire setting. Look in 
	man dhclient.leases
In my case, expire is set by my ISP, as part of the lease. You may be
able to set it a century into the future by setting up a permanent
lease. I've never tried it, so I don't know.

Bob Hall



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