Jeff Binkley wrote in a message to Scott Parks:
 JB> It's really a question of how DHCP works.  The whole idea of
 JB> DHCP is  that a user "reserves/leases" an IP address for a
 JB> period of time.  Most  companies I know of set the
 JB> reservation time to around 30 days.  I don't  see the
 JB> benefit of reducing the time this low 
We're just trying to beat hardwired addresses of which we're
running short.  With students moving around, people on vacation
and dedicated classrooms we thought we'd try dynamic addressing.
 JB> and if youa re running
 JB> any  network management systems which are based upon the
 JB> hostname to IP  address relationship (i.e. HP Openview,
 JB> Tivoli etc..), you'll drive them  crazy with things set this
 JB> low.  
Nothing like that yet ...
Scott Parks
sparks@helix.eskimo.com 
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