dhclient in 6.0

[J. Buck Caldwell]

Chuck Swiger wrote:
> It would also be good if dhcpd would reassign the same IP to the same machine
> (if the IP is not otherwise being used) if there was a prior lease matching the
> client asking for a new lease, and not just when a client is trying to renew an
> existing lease.
>
>   
I'm way outside the debate here, but I run a FreeBSD 6 server with 
isc-dhcpd3-server from ports, and it does exactly what you say you want. 
I've been using a single system to build a new system image to deploy to 
our 450 workstations, and every time I re-image, wipe & reinstall, etc, 
dhcpd gives the machine the same IP it had before. We're talking clean 
registry, here, so there's no existing lease for the machine to ask for. 
This is just the most recent example - since I run Windows on my home 
systems too, I often have to wipe & reinstall, and always get the same 
IP (provided I haven't changed network cards - ie, MAC addresses).

Just my observations...
 -J. Buck Caldwell