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  From: Michael Selge <mselge@hansenyuncken.com.au>
  To  : Linuxsa (E-mail) <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 12:04:17 +0930

DHCPD events - Linux or Win Problem ??

Can anyone shed light on the following problem

Setup is as follows
DHCP Server : Smoothwall ( Linux ) with scope 10.0.0.10 - 10.0.0.30
Client PC : Win2K

I've got Port forwarding set up on Smoothwall box to go to 10.0.0.10 which
is the address that the Win2K PC usually gets. Problem is I had my PC round
at a friends house on weekend. His DHCP server has range 10.0.0.20 -
10.0.0.40 so my Win2K PC grabbed .20 and is now stuck with it.

Now DHCP is supposed to give out the same address if it free but how do I
override it. Is it the Win2K box that is requesting the same address ( even
if it is released ) or is it the Linux Box giving that address because
that's what it had before.

My work around was to change my scope to 10.0.0.10 - 10.0.0.11 and then
release/renew my Win2K box but there must be a better way.

Michael

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