dhcpcd-discuss

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Roy Marples <roy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.
>
Basically the application requires persistent IP sessions at run time. An
IP address change would disrupt those sessions, leading to a longer
recovery path.


> Roy
>
> -shahid