Q177357: DHCP Client Does Not Immediately Renew Address

Article: Q177357
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:3.5,3.51,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork
Last Modified: 09-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) clients may lose their IP address
information for up to five minutes after their DHCP lease has expired.


RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. For
additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following is a small section of RFC 1541 that governs lease expiration
behavior:

4.4.4 Reacquisition and expiration ...

  In both RENEWING and REBINDING state, if the client receives no
  response to its DHCPREQUEST message, the client should wait one-half
  the remaining time until the expiration of T1 (in RENEWING state) and
  T2 (in REBINDING state) down to a minimum of 60 seconds, before
  retransmitting the DHCPREQUEST message.

  If the lease expires before the client receives a DHCPACK, the client
  moves to INIT state, MUST immediately stop any other network
  processing and requests network initialization parameters as if the
  client were uninitialized. If the client then receives a DHCPACK
  allocating that client its previous network address, the client SHOULD
  continue network processing. If the client is given a new network
  address, it MUST NOT continue using the previous network address and
  SHOULD notify the local users of the problem.

Additional query words: request comments

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Keywords          : kbnetwork 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT351search kbWinNT350search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTW351search kbWinNTW351 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS351search kbWinNTS350search
Version           : winnt:3.5,3.51,4.0
Issue type        : kbprb
Solution Type     : kbpending

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