-.\" $OpenBSD: src/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.conf.5,v 1.17 2008/10/05 20:36:00 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: src/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.conf.5,v 1.18 2011/03/26 23:17:50 krw Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997 The Internet Software Consortium.
.\" All rights reserved.
.Ic backoff-cutoff
statement determines the maximum amount of time that the client is
allowed to back off.
-It defaults to 15 seconds.
+It defaults to fifteen seconds.
.It Ic initial-interval Ar time ;
The
.Ic initial-interval
twice the current interval multiplied by a random number between zero and one.
If it is greater than the backoff-cutoff amount, it is set to that
amount.
-It defaults to ten seconds.
+It defaults to three seconds.
.It Ic link-timeout Ar time ;
The
.Ic link-timeout
statement sets the amount of time to wait for an interface link before timing
out.
-The default value is 10 seconds, but the special value 0 requests that dhclient
-not wait for a link state change before timing out.
+The default value is ten seconds. The value zero requests that
+dhclient not wait for a link state change before timing out.
.El
.Sh LEASE REQUIREMENTS AND REQUESTS
The DHCP protocol allows the client to request that the server send it