At 9:04 PM +0000 8/1/03, annlee wrote: >Actually, Apple used that block as well for local networking. > >quote: >If the host has a Microsoft Windows OS (9x or 2000/XP) or an >Apple OS, it will fall back to what is called the "auto-configure >address", which is an address from the 169.254/16 address space >(this was in accordance with the >draft-ietf-dhc-ipv4-autoconfig-04.txt, which expired in October, >1999).
The range finally made it into a DHCP RFC and is IANA reserved. >The host will check on the network segment for a conflict >with another host using the same address, up to 10 addresses. The >client will then check in the background for a DHCP server every >5 minutes, abandoning the auto-configured address as soon as it >can obtain one from the server. I have no information at this >time on the behavior of various Linux clients. >end quote > >from my DNS-DHCP tutorial > >Annlee Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=73390&t=73371 -------------------------------------------------- **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html
