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lease
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lease
To configure the duration of the lease for an IP address that is assigned from a Cisco IOS Dynamic
Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server to a DHCP client, use the lease DHCP pool
configuration command. Use the no form of this command to restore the default value.
lease {days [hours][minutes] | infinite}
no lease
Syntax Description
Defaults
One day
Command Modes
DHCP pool configuration
Usage Guidelines
This command first appeared in Cisco IOS Release 12.0(1)T.
Examples
The following example shows a one-day lease:
lease 1
The following example shows a one-hour lease:
lease 0 1
The following example shows a one-minute lease:
lease 0 0 1
The following example shows an infinite (unlimited) lease:
lease infinite
Related Commands
ip dhcp pool
days Specifies the duration of the lease in numbers of days.
hours (Optional) Specifies the number of hours in the lease. A days value
must be supplied before you can configure an hours value.
minutes (Optional) Specifies the number of minutes in the lease. A days value
and an hours value must be supplied before you can configure a
minutes value.
infinite Specifies the duration of the lease is unlimited.