Is there a reason why it starts from the highest and not the lowest (.2)?
No, there's no actual reason. All addresses in DHCP pool are equal.
Server could assign leases randomly ... but that would require more CPU resources (choosing a random number, verifying that address is not taken as per DHCP lease table). So DHCP servers go from one address range end towards the other end. And yes, it does seem that going from high end towards low end is more popular.
Statistics: Posted by mkx — Sun Apr 06, 2025 4:27 pm