[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH] netifd: Send DHCP release when client exits

[Hauke Mehrtens]

On 03/31/2016 12:18 PM, Hans Dedecker wrote:
> Let DHCP client send a release when it exists so the DHCP server is
> informed the IP address is released and allowing to clean up IP/mac
> state info in intermediate devices.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hans Dedecker <dedeckeh at gmail.com>

I think in the normal case we should not send a release, so we can get
the IP address back later.

https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2131.txt says in section 3.2 part 4.:
      Note that in this case, where the client retains its network
      address locally, the client will not normally relinquish its
      lease during a graceful shutdown.  Only in the case where the
      client explicitly needs to relinquish its lease, e.g., the client
      is about to be moved to a different subnet, will the client send
      a DHCPRELEASE message.

What about making this configurable?

Hauke
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