Ok, gotcha, but what if I tell you that I stopped the DHCP service and
rebooted 5 machines, 2 2k and 3 XP and only one XP got itself an APIPA
address, all the other kept their addresses as per the leasing period.
How do you explain all being rebooted and just one doing what you said
it's
supposed to do? I'm NOT saying you are mistaken, I'm just asking you a
question.
Besides, I've not found a clue in the MS documentation regarding your
point,
stating the client would release the IP if it can not contact the DHCP
server, could you provide it? Again, I just want help, I'm do not want
to get
into a "fight".
Tx.
"LRM" wrote:
> Ok, you have a remote pc receiving dhcp addresses from a dhcp server.
The
> link goes down. While the link is down a pc has been rebooted. Well,
it will
> not keep it's dhcp address because it will not have a DHCP server to
tell it
> that the address is still leased to it. So it will try to ask for one
and
> will not receive one and will give itself the APIPA address. The lease
is
> only important if the machine isn't rebooted. So, earlier, when the
other
> posters kept saying it couldn't see the dhcp server and that was the
point.
> The other pc's kept their addresses because they hadn't rebooted.
> Run ipconfig /renew on the pc and all should be well as long as you
don't
> have any issues with the card or other network devices between the pc
and
> the dhcp server.
>
> --
> LRM
>
>
> "fmsmcse" <fmsmcse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1171F898-B417-4E18-BAEA-68965F97ED81@microsoft.com...
> > That's exactly the issue, the client is in a remote site and the
lease has
> > not expired.
> > For sure if the link is down, it should keep it's address until it
> > expires,
> > one MUST consider the leasing time.
> >
> > "JaR" wrote:
> >
> >> In microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse, =?Utf-8?B?Zm1zbWNzZQ==?= spewed
> >> across the ether:
> >>
> >>
> >> > Yes, it can't find the net, but it should keep the IP until the
lease
> >> > expires if it couldn't contact the DHCP at 50% and 87,5% of the
total
> >> > time for the end of the lease.
> >>
> >> Forget about the lease. If the client is giving itself an APIPA, it
can't
> >> see the DHCP server for some reason.
> >>
> >> --
> >> JaR
> >> MCNGP 10110
> >> Remove hat to reply
> >> You can see a lot by just looking. ~Yogi Berra
> >>
>
>
>