DNS/DHCP Management Console
Lease
A DHCP-enabled client obtains a lease for an IP address from a DHCP server. Before the lease expires, the DHCP server must renew the lease for the client or the client must obtain a new lease.
To determine the lease data, select the appropriate IP address of the lease displayed below the pool. The following details are displayed:
- IP Address: The IP address leased to the client by the DHCP server.
- Hostname: The hostname of the leased client.
- MAC Address: The MAC address of the network interface on which the lease is used. It is specified as a series of hexadecimal octets, separated by colons.
- Client Identifier: An arbitrary value that is used to identify a client instead of the hardware type and client hardware address. The client identifier is recorded as a colon-separated hexadecimal list or as a quoted string.
- MAC Type: MAC types such as Ethernet, FDDI, and token ring.
- State: Lists the state of the lease as Active or Abandoned. Active leases are colored blue and the abandoned leases are colored red.
- Start Time: The date and time when the client lease begins.
- End Time: The date and time when the lease expires.
Note: Lease times are specified in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).
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