diff -up dhcp-4.2.0/client/dhclient.c.initialization-delay dhcp-4.2.0/client/dhclient.c

--- dhcp-4.2.0/client/dhclient.c.initialization-delay	2010-07-21 16:16:51.000000000 +0200

+++ dhcp-4.2.0/client/dhclient.c	2010-07-21 16:22:18.000000000 +0200

@@ -949,11 +949,16 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {

 					do_release(client);

 				else {

 					client->state = S_INIT;

-					/* Set up a timeout to start the

-					 * initialization process.

+					/* Set up a timeout (0-1 second) to

+					 * start the initialization process.

 					 */

-					tv.tv_sec = cur_time + random() % 5;

-					tv.tv_usec = 0;

+					tv.tv_sec = cur_tv.tv_sec;

+					tv.tv_usec = cur_tv.tv_usec;

+					tv.tv_usec += (random() % 100) * 10000;

+					if (tv.tv_usec >= 1000000) {

+						tv.tv_sec += 1;

+						tv.tv_usec -= 1000000;

+					} 

 					add_timeout(&tv, state_reboot,

 						    client, 0, 0);

 				}

@@ -3930,10 +3935,16 @@ isc_result_t dhclient_interface_startup_

 		ip -> flags |= INTERFACE_RUNNING;

 		for (client = ip -> client; client; client = client -> next) {

 			client -> state = S_INIT;

-			/* Set up a timeout to start the initialization

-			   process. */

-			tv . tv_sec = cur_time + random () % 5;

-			tv . tv_usec = 0;

+			/* Set up a timeout (0-1 second) to

+			 * start the initialization process.

+			 */

+			tv.tv_sec = cur_tv.tv_sec;

+			tv.tv_usec = cur_tv.tv_usec;

+			tv.tv_usec += (random() % 100) * 10000;

+			if (tv.tv_usec >= 1000000) {

+				tv.tv_sec += 1;

+				tv.tv_usec -= 1000000;

+			}

 			add_timeout (&tv, state_reboot, client, 0, 0);

 		}

 	}