Why dhcpd server offers for lease an IP that is already reserved for another machine?

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Issue

  • Why DHCP server intermittently offers for lease an IP that is already reserved for another machine?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • ISC dhcp
  • dnsmasq

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