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KingDaveRa · 23-02-2009, 15:23

Yeah, I think it does something else clever with extending the leases, to get longer and longer between bothering to do a DHCP Renew, to save on network traffic - DHCP can get very chatty when it's ACKing and NACKing all over the place.

23-02-2009, 15:23	#6
KingDaveRa Inactive Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Aylesbury, Bucks Age: 42 Services: Broadband Gamer, Phone M, Tivo V6. Posts: 269	Re: COnnection status (release/renew) Yeah, I think it does something else clever with extending the leases, to get longer and longer between bothering to do a DHCP Renew, to save on network traffic - DHCP can get very chatty when it's ACKing and NACKing all over the place.