OT-Re: test post

[Monty J. Harder]

"Brian Densmore" <DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com> wrote:

> Which brings up an interesting question. Can a DHCP server re-assign an
> IP address to a currently connected device, without that device having
> to bring networking down and back up? This would be a useful tool to be
> used in combination with a firewall.

  Yes.  But the client generally has to ask for this to happen.  The magic
words are Release and Renew.  It just wouldn't do for an address to suddenly
and unexpectedly become invalid.