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SYLVE

Leases

A lease records the address assigned to a DHCP client. This page brings together two sources:

  • Dynamic leases are the clients currently recorded by the DHCP service. Their expiry is the timestamp reported by the service; an expiry of 0 is shown as Never.
  • Static leases are persistent reservations managed by Sylve. They always display Never and take precedence when the matching client requests an address.

The table identifies each client, its hostname and address, the pool and switch for static leases, and the lease expiry. Select one row to edit or delete a static reservation. A selected dynamic row can be deleted to remove its active lease; the client can request another one afterwards.

The Leases table with a static LAN reservation

Create a static lease

Section titled “Create a static lease”

Create the client identifier as a Network Object first. The reserved address can either reference a single-value Host(s) object or be typed directly in the form; typed addresses are stored on the reservation itself.

For an IPv4 DHCP range, provide:

  • A single-value MAC(s) object for the client identifier.
  • A single-value Host(s) object containing an IPv4 address, or type the address directly.

For an IPv6 DHCP range, replace the MAC object with a single-value DUID(s) object, and select a Host(s) object containing an IPv6 address or type the address directly. A DUID is the DHCPv6 client identifier; it is not a MAC address.

Choose the Range first. Sylve then limits the Identifier picker to the object kind and address family that the range accepts, and limits the IP Address picker to Host(s) objects of the matching family. Type an address and press Enter to use it instead of an object. The hostname must be a valid DHCP hostname: it starts and ends with a letter or digit, may contain single - or _ characters, and cannot contain doubled separators. Comments are optional and are kept with the reservation.

In this IPv4 example, LAN Caddy MAC identifies the client and LAN Caddy Address reserves 192.168.12.60 for caddy from the LAN pool (192.168.12.50 to 192.168.12.200).

A complete IPv4 static DHCP lease form for caddy

Reservation rules

Section titled “Reservation rules”

Each reservation belongs to one DHCP range. Within that range, Sylve prevents duplicate hostnames, duplicate reserved addresses (whether typed or selected as an object), MAC objects, and DUID objects. Keep the chosen Host(s) object in the same address family as the range; IPv4 ranges accept MAC identifiers only, while IPv6 ranges accept DUID identifiers only.

Static reservations are useful for services that need a stable address, such as Caddy, a printer, or a monitoring target. They do not turn DHCP into a server for addresses outside the selected range: configure the relevant DHCP range and attach its switch in DHCP configuration first.