(RADIATOR) Final word on DefaultLeasePeriod

[Hugh Irvine]

Hello Tunde -

There is a problem if a client is still online when the 
DefaultLeasePeriod expires. In general, the DefaultLeasePeriod should be 
set to a value slightly greater than the longest connection that you 
will have (perhaps governed by a Session-Timeout reply attribute). And 
yes the accounting stop packet is used to deallocate the address in any 
case.

I would have to say however that an IP address allocation for a period 
of a year does not make sense using dynamic addressing. Long-held 
connections would more normally use fixed IP addresses.

regards

Hugh


On Wednesday, August 28, 2002, at 03:51 AM, Ayotunde Itayemi wrote:

> Hi All, Hi Hugh,Hi Mike, Hi ... :-)
>  
> Okay. Final question on IP leases with radiator. What happens when  the 
> DefaultLeasePeriod expires?
> More importantly, is the IP reclaimed when the DefaultLeasePeriod 
> expires AND the client to which
> it was allocated is still online?
> Also, are IPs reclaimed when clients log off (for one reason or the 
> other) before DefaultLeasePeriod expires?
> ( - just wanted a confirmation on this last question)
>  
> What is the max value I can set the DefaultLeasePeriod too - a year 
> ( in seconds format)?
>  
> Regards,
> Tunde I.
>  
>

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