DHCP + DNS

[TomK]

On 3/5/2019 1:05 AM, TomK wrote:
> On 3/4/2019 9:34 AM, Simon Hobson wrote:
>> TomK <tomkcpr at mdevsys.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a way to force remote DHCPD servers to assign a different IP 
>>> to a client with the same MAC everytime dhclient -v is called?
>> ...
>>> I've a unique scenario where I would like to also check the local DNS 
>>> to determine if any offline hosts are already assigned to an IP and 
>>> need to cycle through a few to determine that.
>>
>> What you are seeing is correct behaviour and is required by the RFCs 
>> covering DHCP.
>> It is explicitly required that the server should try and lease the 
>> same IP to a client - even if it's been off the network for a while. 
>> So unless the address has been reused in the meantime, your device 
>> could come back even years later and get the same address.
>>
>> As Sten says, you can use a different client-id each time and then the 
>> device will be considered a different one each time.
>> This because the MAC address (hardware-address) is only used as the 
>> database key if there is no client-id provided by the client (the 
>> default on Linux clients). If there is a client-id then this will be 
>> used as the database key. So setting this and changing the value on 
>> each invocation will achieve what you want.
>>
>>
>>> Currently the DHCPD server servers the same IP or one of two IP's 
>>> regardless of how many times dhclient -v is called.
>>
>> As an aside, it's good that you provided this explanation. The 
>> question has been asked a few times over the years, and usually it's 
>> some variation of "manglement tell me that we must change customers' 
>> IPs regularly to stop then running servers at home". The usual 
>> response is along the lines of "look for another job now before your 
>> customers are peed off and leave, and your employer goes bust" !
>>
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> 
> Hehe!
> 
> Thanks Simon and Sten.  This was a great reply.  I'll dig into changing 
> the client-id.
> 
> As an aside, should mention that I did end up writing a script that 
> defaults to using nmap if dhcpd fails to provide an IP.  Subsequently I 
> do DNS lookups using the IP's retrieved to ensure none of the IP's 
> belong to hosts that could just be offline.
> 
> So far it works amazingly at always assigning a unique IP from ranges 
> but couldn't help wondering if there isn't a community solution or even 
> a better way using dhcpd.
> 

Just for clarification, I believe you mean this option?

        -I <dhcp-client-identifier>
               Specify the dhcp-client-identifier option to send to the 
DHCP server.


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Cheers,
Tom K.
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