Re: [ILUG-BOM] DHCP issues on network.

Sachin wrote:

Hi,

Linux DHCP issues are getting a problem. I have around 100 machines on the network where most of them are windows and some linux. If a client goes offline and then comes back most of the time there is a IP conflict..

IP conflicts are not OS related. They are planner ( the guys who plan and implement ip allotment ) related. If some of your machines use static ip then plan a group of ip addresses that will never be alloted by dhcp. For eg. If 15-20 machines use static IP, then your dhcp start ip should be X.X.X.25 or even 50 in case you want to space the IPs and allow future requirements.

When you mention clients going offline are you referring to shut down and rebooting?