[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq is offering ip from different pool

[shashikumar Shashi]

The testing is on a single device, where MAC address is the same for
both  vlan9 and vlan19.
Hence, the release packet is reaching to server." ?

On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 2:05 AM <wkitty42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8/9/23 10:58 AM, shashikumar Shashi wrote:
> > 2) Put the client on vlan9. Client gets IP from vlan9 pool (e.g.
> 192.168.9.10)
> > by executing “dhclient -4 eth1”.
> >
> > 3) Put the same client on vlan19. Client releases previously acquired IP
> (e.g.
> > 192.168.9.10) by executing “dhclient -4 eth1 -r”.
> >
> > 4) The same client tries to get the IP by executing “dhclient -4 eth1”.
>
>
> my question is if step 3's release is done before the client is actually
> moved
> to the new network...
>
> if no, does the client actually transmit the release to the server? if it
> does,
> how does that release packet get to the original server if the client is
> now on
> a different network?
>
> admittedly, these questions may not matter due to the apparent nature of
> the
> possible bug being discussed... i may also be being too simplistic and
> somewhat
> ignorant of how a DHCP address release really works...
>
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