I get the impression, from reading man dhcpcd, that the client simply tries to extend the lease from time to time. I guess it might depend if the server decides to allow the lease to continue. I do not see how they could change your ip while you are online, since wouldn't that break all your ongoing connections? Joel
> > I've been fooling around with this... Making a number of connections via dhclient in >succession... I've been handed leases of varying lengths. I've seen some as large as >40 some hours to as little as 1 hour... Beats me why, unless I'm being handed a >leftover lease from a dropped connection... really odd. > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users