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> 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.
Wrong. If it tries to connect and cannot, it will instead assign itself
an
APIPA. When it finally is able to get an ACK from DHCP, it may be leased
the same addy or another, depending on your network. If it is important
that this box not change it's address, then you should assign it a
static
IP.
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JaR
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