why the dynamic ip generated by DHCP server is always the same??

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When I connect to network, and type ipconfig, everytime I got the same IP
address. I expect the dynamic IP gernerated by DHCP server is always
different, please advise. thanks!!
 
"Matt" said:
When I connect to network, and type ipconfig, everytime I got the same IP
address. I expect the dynamic IP gernerated by DHCP server is always
different, please advise. thanks!!

A DHCP server can assign any IP address within its defined range, but
there's no requirement that it assign a different one each time. It's
quite common for a computer to get the same IP address each time.
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When I connect to network, and type ipconfig, everytime I got the same IP
address. I expect the dynamic IP gernerated by DHCP server is always
different, please advise. thanks!!


Quote from RFC 2131. Please note bullets 2 and 3.

The following list gives design goals specific to the transmission of
the network layer parameters. DHCP must:

o Guarantee that any specific network address will not be in
use by more than one DHCP client at a time,

o Retain DHCP client configuration across DHCP client reboot. A
DHCP client should, whenever possible, be assigned the same
configuration parameters (e.g., network address) in response
to each request,

o Retain DHCP client configuration across server reboots, and,
whenever possible, a DHCP client should be assigned the same
configuration parameters despite restarts of the DHCP mechanism,

o Allow automated assignment of configuration parameters to new
clients to avoid hand configuration for new clients,

o Support fixed or permanent allocation of configuration
parameters to specific clients.
 
In other words, this is normal behavior...

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Michael D. Alligood
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