---
title: "How long does dhcpd wait before discarding a DHCPOFFER?"
slug: "aa-00819"
description: "dhcpd holds the lease for two minutes after sending a DHCPOFFER."
tags: ["isc dhcp"]
updated: 2018-09-26T21:32:41Z
published: 2018-09-26T21:32:41Z
canonical: "kb.isc.org/aa-00819"
---

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# After sending a DHCPOFFER packet to a client, how long will dhcpd wait before discarding that offer?

**dhcpd** holds the lease for 2 minutes after sending a DHCPOFFER.

A short lease is assigned before the offer is made and the default timeout for that initial lease is 2 minutes. If (or when) the client requests the lease, then the updated lease has a duration appropriate to the client request and the configuration options (and whether or not failover is in use).

This server-side timeout is not configurable.