Why leases skip some and cannot "reclaim" ?

[Dirtbike]

I have a Win2k Server with DHCP. My scope covers from 192.168.1.56 through 192.168.1.200. When the lease for 192.168.1.200 goes the DHCP server says I'm out of addresses even though I have gaps in my numbers. When I delete a lease, delete the DNS entry, force a renew of the client I still get the same address I had....even though there are lower numbers available.


I have moved my lease time from 8 days down to 1. Some fiends say they will all align without gaps in a week or so...

Any help would be mucho appreciado.\\\\\


Scott in Charlotte, NC

 

[GlenJohnson]

Sounds like you have something hiding in cache somewhere. Did you ipconfig /flushdns after releasing the lease?

Glen A. Johnson
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