From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 20 18:00:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49D32106567E for ; Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:00:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16FC58FC1C for ; Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:00:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net (mailhub.lan.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 747097E83F for ; Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:00:08 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:00:07 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.4 (FreeBSD/8.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.2.4; i386; ; ) References: <200906180941.04597.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <200906181328.35326.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200906201000.07392.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Subject: Re: The short and curlies of vista networking X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:00:19 -0000 On Thursday 18 June 2009 13:51:32 Tim Judd wrote: > Replies inline > > On 6/18/09, Mel Flynn wrote: > > On Thursday 18 June 2009 10:27:44 Tim Judd wrote: > >> Long ago in 2007, I saw a M$ article that describes that Vista has an > >> extremely short delay period to get an IP. If it doesn't get it > >> within 1 second, it gives up (and maybe tries again). Common DHCP > >> servers ping an IP address, wait 1 second for a reply, and if no > >> reply, assumes the IP is available and leases it to the booting > >> computer. > > > > ISC-dhcpd doesn't work that way. It keeps a lease db and assumes it's db > > is the authority on available iP's for the range. > > dhcpd.conf(5) > search for ping-check or ping-timeout > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dhcpd.conf&apropos=0&sektion=5&man >path=FreeBSD+7.2-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html Be that as it may, the offers always occur within the same second: Jun 18 08:56:24 gate dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:c0:a8:f1:e8:c3 (Tyler-PC) via bridge0 Jun 18 08:56:24 gate dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.2.251 to 00:c0:a8:f1:e8:c3 (Tyler-PC) via bridge0 I will disable the ping check in today's tests though. -- Mel