Opened 14 years ago

Closed 14 years ago

#6970 closed enhancement (duplicate)

DHCP should request previously obtained IP address during renew

Reported by: umccullough Owned by: phoudoin
Priority: normal Milestone: R1
Component: Network & Internet/Stack Version: R1/Development
Keywords: DHCP Cc:
Blocked By: #7346 Blocking:
Platform: All

Description

When DHCP requests an IP address for a given interface, it should try to obtain the last IP address it was given as long as it is still available and not yet leased to another device.

Re: #3280, comment:15

Change History (2)

comment:1 by cb88, 14 years ago

This is probably the reason I can't login to my school wifi. As requesting a new IP is probably what causes the login to reset. I'll definitly make a point to retest if this bug gets squashed.

comment:2 by axeld, 14 years ago

Blocked By: 7346 added
Resolution: duplicate
Status: newclosed

This is actually a bug that is now tracked in #7346.

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