Re: Dynamic IP...

["Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>]

On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 12:04:17AM -0700, Doktor Faustus wrote:
> The dynamic IP assigned to one of my ethernet interfaces is not changing
> when its lease expires.  Is something else required other than the default
> DHCP setup during the initial installation?  /var/db/dhclient.leases reveals
> that when the lease expires, the exact same IP is assigned as a
> "fixed-address".  I am using the default /etc/dhclient.conf file and have
> not added "fixed-address [ip address]" statement to it.  What am I missing
> or doing wrong?

Nothing. It is very rare for an address to change when a lease is
renewed. The 'fixed-lease' entry in your leases file indicates the
address the machine would try to use if next time it tried to find a
server, it could not. Read dhclient.conf(5) and note the explanation
of the 'SAMPLE' example.

Unless you have some other reason to believe there is a problem, I see
no indications of one in what you describe.
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Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu