.. note::
- From Kea 1.6.0 the lease valid lifetime is extended from a
+ Beginning with Kea 1.6.0 the lease valid lifetime is extended from a
single value to a triplet with minimum, default and maximum values using
``min-valid-lifetime``, ``valid-lifetime`` and
``max-valid-lifetime``. When the client does not specify
a lifetime the default value is used, when it specifies using a DHCP option
- code 51 this value is used if it is not lesser than the minimum (in this case
+ code 51 this value is used if it is not less than the minimum (in this case
the minimum is returned) or greater than the maximum (in this case the
maximum is used).
preferred lease time. The server's behavior is governed by a combination
of configuration parameters, two of which have already been mentioned.
-From Kea 1.6.0 lease preferred and valid lifetime are extended from
+Beginning with Kea 1.6.0 lease preferred and valid lifetime are extended from
single values to triplets with minimum, default and maximum values using:
-- ``min-preferred-lifetime`` - specifies the minimal preferred lifetime (optional).
+- ``min-preferred-lifetime`` - specifies the minimum preferred lifetime (optional).
- ``preferred-lifetime`` - specifies the default preferred lifetime.
-- ``max-preferred-lifetime`` - specifies the maximal preferred lifetime (optional).
+- ``max-preferred-lifetime`` - specifies the maximum preferred lifetime (optional).
-- ``min-valid-lifetime`` - specifies the minimal valid lifetime (optional).
+- ``min-valid-lifetime`` - specifies the minimum valid lifetime (optional).
- ``valid-lifetime`` - specifies the default valid lifetime.
-- ``max-valid-lifetime`` - specifies the maximal valid lifetime (optional).
+- ``max-valid-lifetime`` - specifies the maximum valid lifetime (optional).
When the client does not specify lifetimes the default is used. When
it specifies a lifetime using IAADDR or IAPREFIX sub option with not
zero values these values are used when they are between configured
-minimal (lower values are round up) and maximal (larger values are
+minimum (lower values are round up) and maximal (larger values are
round down) bounds.
To send specific, fixed values use the following two parameters: