Thread: General 1 hour IP address lease?
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Old 02-08-2018, 12:25   #4
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Re: 1 hour IP address lease?

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Originally Posted by Dude111 View Post
I always thought you could set what you wanted.....

I have my lease set to 2 days...... Is there an advantage of a shorter time? (Or longer)
DHCP lease time is configured on the DHCP provider, not the client.

You can usually change the lease time in the DHCP configuration of your router at home for the local address your machine picks up on your home network. Not the lease assigned by your ISP to your public (WAN) address.
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