Ricardo Chung wrote:
It is reasonable. The DHCP server inside the router usually drops those IP beyond the IP range assigned by DHCP server. if DHCP Sever on the Router only assigns 5 IPs addresses other machines connected will fight to keep the IP address. It is so specially when one of the machines is not actively connected (e.g. browsing) and other trying to connect to the IP pool already assigned.
A DHCP server also specifies a lease time. Until that lease expires, the address is "owned" by the device that it was issued to. Part way trhough the lease, it will be renewed. So there's no way a DHCP server should be handing out an address that's already assigned to another device. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org