dhcpcd-discuss

On 16/03/2017 13:48, Shahid Mahmood wrote:
>     Why would you want to configure it anyway?
> 
> We are seeing a situation where upon a RENEW, the server sends a
> different IP address than requested.
>  
> 
>     You'll get the new config
>     eventually (when T1 expires or the carrier goes down/up), reconfigure
>     accept just gets you it faster when pushed from the server.
>     Because the protocol requires a nonce, it's pretty secure.

Can you explain more why this is a problem for you given the above?
With DHCPv6, you'll just get the new address faster and the existing
address just won't get refreshed and the kernel will remove it when it
expires.

Roy