[Dnsmasq-discuss] old event to dhcp-script on lease expiry

Albert ARIBAUD albert.aribaud at free.fr
Fri Jun 27 19:23:47 UTC 2014


Hi Nehal,

Le Sat, 28 Jun 2014 00:10:32 +0530, Nehal J Wani
<nehaljw.kkd1 at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Another question, not very much related to dnsmasq, is that when a
> machine receives a lease for a particular period, when should it query
> the DHCP again for a new lease? Is it bound to do so, by some RFC? Or
> is a matter of choice by the developer?

As you suspect, this matter (along with many others related to DHCP)
is dealt with by an RFC, namely RFC 2131. See in particular section
4.4.5, "Reacquisition and expiration".

<http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2131.txt>

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.



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