Nope, I've checked, no conflicts and the box always renews the lease,
doesn't
matter the expiration time....

"LRM" wrote:

>
> "fmsmcse" <fmsmcse@discussions.microsoft.com> said in message
> news:A97BDAD0-7606-4FDB-9EF0-29FC042CA306@microsoft.com...
> > 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.
>
> One possibility is:
> If there was a conflict prior to the network failure, the box may have
been
> in the process of repairing the connection when it went down and lost
it's
> lease.
> When the box was rebooted it didn't have a DHCP address and was forced
to
> assign an APIPA.
>
> LRM
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