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The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> I then restarted a piece of kit I am working on, and it popped up in the 
> first available DHCP slot.
> 
> My question is, if that had already been occupied by another piece of 
> kit, would I have ended up with an IP address clash?

Most kit will try a gratuitous ARP for the IP addr it's contemplating 
using, which will show up most clashes before they happen, less 
sophisticated devices may not bother ...