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Date:      Sun, 27 Jun 1999 21:29:40 -0700
From:      Doug <Studded@gorean.org>
To:        "John C. Place" <placej@ctcdist.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DHCP Renew lease problem (FreeBSD 3.2R client, NT server)
Message-ID:  <3776FA34.D0848FA1@gorean.org>
References:  <19990626214541.A17732@ctcdist.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906262137040.19418-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> <19990627212730.A19443@ctcdist.com>

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"John C. Place" wrote:

> Hey wait a minute... is not DHCP M$ baby?? How could they violate their own
> standard?? (Please do not mis-read this I am being critical of M$).

	No it isn't. DHCP is an internet standard. Microsoft has their own
implementation of it, and like most of their other stuff it doesn't closely
follow the standard. 

> I changed dhclient not to go into a daemon and just exit after setting up the
> interface and am excuting it from a cron job every 24 hours. The NT server
> gives out 72hour leases. Is there some other "gotcha" by doing this?? 

	No, that should be fine.

Good luck,

Doug


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