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Chrysalis · 31-10-2011, 08:28

if you do something like clone a mac to get a new IP, then the old ip could remain dormant for up to a week as it waits for the dhcp to expire. At that point it will be allocated to a new customer, although not necessarily immediatly as VM will have spare unused ips.

31-10-2011, 08:28	#15
Chrysalis Inactive Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	Re: What happens to old IP address? if you do something like clone a mac to get a new IP, then the old ip could remain dormant for up to a week as it waits for the dhcp to expire. At that point it will be allocated to a new customer, although not necessarily immediatly as VM will have spare unused ips.