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
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