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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 17:35:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Ricky Beam <jfbeam@bluetronic.net>
To: Anders Widman <andewid@tnonline.net>
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Subject: Re: Entire LAN goes boo with 2.5.64
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On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Anders Widman wrote:
>Yes,  you might be right. WinRoute is running as DCHP for the network,
>and  the  problems  do  start as soon as Linux tries to lease an IP...
>hm..

If you are using DHCP, it is critical that every machine have a correctly
set clock (see also: xntpd)  Otherwise, the client may see the lease expire
before it requested it. (what happens in such a case varies with the software
and version.)

--Ricky


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