Re: [CentOS] dhcp lease-time

2012-01-05 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 01/05/2012 07:03 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > John Hodrien wrote: > >> On Thu, 5 Jan 2012, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> >>> Why is the default lease-time set to only 10 minutes (600 seconds) >>> in /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf (CentOS-6.2) as distributed? >> I assume the dull answer is: because that's what R

Re: [CentOS] dhcp lease-time

2012-01-05 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 7:07 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > >> Also, there should be distinction between default and max lease time. >> DHCP server uses default lease time too force DHCP client to "chek-in" >> in that time period. If device does not respond, then DHCP serv

Re: [CentOS] dhcp lease-time

2012-01-05 Thread Timothy Murphy
Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Also, there should be distinction between default and max lease time. > DHCP server uses default lease time too force DHCP client to "chek-in" > in that time period. If device does not respond, then DHCP server will > reuse that IP. > > Max lease time is used to allow

Re: [CentOS] dhcp lease-time

2012-01-05 Thread Timothy Murphy
John Hodrien wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jan 2012, Timothy Murphy wrote: > >> Why is the default lease-time set to only 10 minutes (600 seconds) >> in /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf (CentOS-6.2) as distributed? > > I assume the dull answer is: because that's what Redhat set it to. Let me re-word the query for you

Re: [CentOS] dhcp lease-time

2012-01-05 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
On 01/05/2012 09:54 AM, John Hodrien wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jan 2012, Timothy Murphy wrote: > >> Why is the default lease-time set to only 10 minutes (600 seconds) >> in /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf (CentOS-6.2) as distributed? > > I assume the dull answer is: because that's what Redhat set it to. > >> Why is

Re: [CentOS] dhcp lease-time

2012-01-05 Thread John Hodrien
On Thu, 5 Jan 2012, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Why is the default lease-time set to only 10 minutes (600 seconds) > in /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf (CentOS-6.2) as distributed? I assume the dull answer is: because that's what Redhat set it to. > Why is not set to a much longer time? What length do you thi

[CentOS] dhcp lease-time

2012-01-04 Thread Timothy Murphy
Why is the default lease-time set to only 10 minutes (600 seconds) in /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf (CentOS-6.2) as distributed? Why is not set to a much longer time? Is there any disadvantage in doing that? Or conversely, is a short lease-time safer in some way? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/