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DHCP Lease Time

I know you can set the DHCP scope but is there a way to set the lease time? 

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    • cMoo92
    • 7 yrs ago
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    No, there is not an option to set the lease time.

    Out of curiosity, why are you wanting to be able to configure that? I know the reasons for having lease times but those really only seem applicable in larger business environments.

    • StChrisAdmin
    • 7 yrs ago
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    Just curious why that feature isn't exposed. I am looking for a way to limit connections given our low bandwidth Comcast connection. One option is a small DHCP scope to limit the connection count and a short lease to release unused IPs. This is for a small church. We have a 3 services, so most attendees are using the connection for 2 hrs or so and then leave. 

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    • Scott
    • 7 yrs ago
    • Official response
    • Reported - view

    Hey StChrisAdmin --

    You can narrow the scope in Menu => Network Settings => Advanced Settings => DHCP & NAT by scrolling down to "Lease range" and modifying the Start and End IPs as I have done in the attached screenshot. The client lease time is four hours by default (which may meet your needs) but we haven't exposed a way to modify it. Once the four hours is up and if the address is no longer in use, it will return to the lease pool.

    • gurulee
    • 1 yr ago
    • Reported - view

    Can we please, pretty please, add the feature for customers to choose unlimited DHCP lease times? This will allow for historical and long-term tracking/reporting of endpoint activity.

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