diff -up dhcp-4.1.1/client/dhclient.c.initialization-delay dhcp-4.1.1/client/dhclient.c --- dhcp-4.1.1/client/dhclient.c.initialization-delay 2010-05-03 15:16:43.000000000 +0200 +++ dhcp-4.1.1/client/dhclient.c 2010-05-03 15:23:05.000000000 +0200 @@ -927,11 +927,16 @@ 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); } @@ -3911,10 +3916,16 @@ 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); } }