DHCP Client Lease Validity

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008

Each time a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client starts, it requests IP addressing information from a DHCP server, including:

  • IP address
  • Subnet mask
  • Additional configuration parameters, such as a default gateway address, Domain Name System (DNS) server addresses, a DNS domain name, and Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server addresses

When a DHCP server receives a request, it selects an available IP address from a pool of addresses defined in its database (along with other configuration parameters) and offers it to the DHCP client. If the client accepts the offer, the IP addressing information is leased to the client for a specified period of time.

Events

Event ID Source Message

1001

Microsoft-Windows-DHCP-Client

 Your computer was not assigned an address from the network (by the DHCP server) for the network adapter with MAC address %1. The following error occurred:
%2. Your computer will continue to try to obtain an address on its own from the DHCP server.

1003

Microsoft-Windows-DHCP-Client

 Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the DHCP server) for the network adapter with MAC address %1. The following error occurred:
%2. Your computer will continue trying to obtain an address on its own from the DHCP server.

DHCP Client

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