Re: Entire LAN goes boo with 2.5.64

Ricky Beam (jfbeam@bluetronic.net)
Fri, 7 Mar 2003 17:35:46 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Anders Widman wrote:
>Yes, you might be right. WinRoute is running as DCHP for the network,
>and the problems do start as soon as Linux tries to lease an IP...
>hm..

If you are using DHCP, it is critical that every machine have a correctly
set clock (see also: xntpd) Otherwise, the client may see the lease expire
before it requested it. (what happens in such a case varies with the software
and version.)

--Ricky

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