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modems. In this case, the distinction is based on the type of device, rather
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modems. In this case, the distinction is based on the type of device, rather
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than coming out of running out address space.</para>
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than coming out of running out address space.</para>
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- <para>A client connected to a shared network may be assigned an address from
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- any of the address pools defined within the subnets belonging to the shared
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- network. Internally, the server selects one of the subnets belonging to a
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- shared network and tries to allocate an address from this subnet. If the
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- server is unable to allocate an address from the selected subnet (e.g. due
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- to address pools exhaustion) it will use another subnet from the same shared
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- network and try to allocate an address from this subnet etc. Therefore, in the
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- typical case, the server will allocate all addresses available for a given
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- subnet before it starts allocating addresses from other subnets belonging to
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+ <para>A client connected to a shared network may be assigned a lease (address
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+ or prefix) from any of the pools defined within the subnets belonging to the
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+ shared network. Internally, the server selects one of the subnets belonging to the
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+ shared network and tries to allocate a lease from this subnet. If the
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+ server is unable to allocate a lease from the selected subnet (e.g. due
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+ to pools exhaustion) it will use another subnet from the same shared
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+ network and try to allocate a lease from this subnet etc. Therefore, in the
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+ typical case, the server will allocate all leases available in a given
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+ subnet before it starts allocating leases from other subnets belonging to
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the same shared network. However, in certain situations the client can be
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the same shared network. However, in certain situations the client can be
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- allocated an address from the other subnets before the address pools in the
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- first subnet get exhausted. That is, when the client provides a hint that
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- belongs to another subnet or the client has reservations in a different than
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+ allocated a lease from the other subnets before the pools in the first
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+ subnet get exhausted, e.g. when the client provides a hint that belongs
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+ to another subnet or the client has reservations in a different than
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default subnet.
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default subnet.
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</para>
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</para>
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<note>
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<note>
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<para>It is strongly discouraged for the Kea deployments to assume that the
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<para>It is strongly discouraged for the Kea deployments to assume that the
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- server doesn't allocate addresses from other subnets until it uses all
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- the addresses from the first subnet in the shared network. Apart from the
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+ server doesn't allocate leases from other subnets until it uses all
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+ the leases from the first subnet in the shared network. Apart from the
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fact that hints, host reservations and client classification affect subnet
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fact that hints, host reservations and client classification affect subnet
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- selection, it is also considered that we will enhance allocation strategies
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- within a shared network in the future versions of Kea, so as the selection
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+ selection, it is also foreseen that we will enhance allocation strategies
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+ for shared networks in the future versions of Kea, so as the selection
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of subnets within a shared network is equally probable (unpredictable).</para>
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of subnets within a shared network is equally probable (unpredictable).</para>
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</note>
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</note>
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