DHCP - WLAN behaviour of Windows Notebooks

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>> I also think it is the client who triggers this problem and this
>> means there is nothing much we can do on that end. IP reservation for
>> a short time could be a work-around. As an additional option it would
>> be interesting if chilli would delay closing a session for this short
>> time.
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> I have a certain distaste for work-arounds because of buggy clients :)
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> It is curious that it doesn't try to request the same IP it just  
> had.. I guess it really does fully disassociate.
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> I think it would be too risky leaving a session pending when you  
> get a requested release. Perhaps the client is a wired PC that  
> reboots after each user... hmm.
>
>
Those clients are Notebooks and the time between releasing an address  
and requesting an address is sometimes very short (4-5 seconds  
only!). BTW I share your distaste - but because in the end the user  
always blames the network sometimes there is no other choice (ask GSM  
operators) ;)