Subject: DHCP client operation with server down (fwd)

From: "Ralph E. Droms" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 06:58:19 -0500 (EST)

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Inform my ignorance.................
  I recently had my DHCP server down due to an O/S upgrade (FYI, 
vanilla AIX 4.3.2 ships with the server busted, you'll need the PTF 
for bos.net.tcp.server at 4.3.2.1).
  Now: my leases are for a month.....and I found that iMacs and LINUX 
machines would not sign onto the network because they couldn't 
handshake with the DHCP server.  I was under the impression that a 
client could continue to use an address until halfway through its 
lease....and even then, it would only start fussin about renenwal, 
not block metwork access. Pls explain.

// I'm glad you asked. or I would be, if I
// had any clue as to what we were talking about..
// ...cribbed from Dr. Protocol
// Stewart Dean [email-masked] - Kingston, NY, USA