In article <CAA1EFA5-8E6B-4902-BEC7-6C7117FF2046@microsoft.com>,
SiqueiraFelipe@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> Hi all, hope someone has seen this freaking trouble.
>
> I have a central DHCP server in the main site and many remote sites.
> The leasing time is 10 days. A computer got an IP address at day 1 and
at
> the day 2 the link went down for some hours.
>
> For some reason, this client had to reboot, and as per the theory, the
> machine should keep the address for more 8 days, until the 10th, but
when I
> reboots it releases the IP address and get itself an APIPA address....
>
> Has someone gone through that???
>
> Thanks.
>
What happens if you plug the computer into a jack that you know receives
addresses?