do you have authoritative in your dhcpd config ? if not add it.. if you already do.. Sounds like you may have a rogue dhcp server on your network would explain why your not getting a request from the client.. in your logs where does your client go through the full 4 steps ? my guess around that time the rogue is turned off.!! If you can .. check out the client itself.. see who it says its dhcp server is.. without knowing what your clinets are (win/linux/mac) i cant really tell you how to find that info.. thanks for helping me tom, i checked the log file and found client DHCPDISCOVER server DHCPOFFER, only thanks in advance Tom Greaser <tgreaser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Tamer Dose the client send the DHCPREQUEST for the IP that the dhcp server offered ? generic 4 step process client DHCPDISCOVER server DHCPOFFER client DHCPREQUEST server DHCPACK From: tamer amr Subject: dhcp problem hi all i have a strange problem in my dhcp server sometimes the dhcp server couldn't send the dhcp acknowlagde to the clients, it just send the offer. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list