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Re:Rapid DHCP: Or, how do Macs get on the network so fast? by pacala on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @12:01AM (#2757723)
The small print in paragraph 2 explicitly allows reusing the previous address until the lease expires.
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Re:Rapid DHCP: Or, how do Macs get on the network so fast? by hristov on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @12:09AM (#2757740)
Paragraph 2 only allows this "If a client ... is unable to contact a local DHCP server." Note that in the present example, the client started using its old address before even trying to contact the DHCP server and eventually was able to contact the DHCP server.
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Re:Rapid DHCP: Or, how do Macs get on the network so fast? by wnoise on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @01:35AM (#2757894)
This could alternately be described as "a client used its old address until it could contact the DHCP server".
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