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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#000080 size=2><SPAN
class=821090905-30062008>Hi,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2><SPAN class=821090905-30062008><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS">Iam using the DHCP client version 3.07. As per RFC
2131, the number of retransmissions in renew state is 2. (<FONT
color=#000000 size=3> <FONT color=#000080 size=2>RFC 2131 :
</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">In both RENEWING and REBINDING
states, if the client receives no response to its DHCPREQUEST message, the
client SHOULD wait one-half of the remaining time until T2 (in RENEWING state)
before retransmitting the request)</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#000080 size=2><SPAN
class=821090905-30062008>But I believe the same retransmission mechanism is
used for Request messages in all states in the code. Am I missing something
in my understanding? </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#000080 size=2><SPAN
class=821090905-30062008>Am I using a RFC compliant version for
retransmission counts in renew and rebind states??</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=821090905-30062008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#000080 size=2><SPAN
class=821090905-30062008>Can some one please clarify??
Thanks.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=#000080
size=2>Vidhya</FONT></DIV>
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