Kathy Miihalisko wrote:
>
> Saswata,
>
> Very interesting, took a cue from Chuck and attached the following, does any
> of this look familiar?
>
> WHAT MICROSOFT SAYS:
>
> For a device running Windows CE 3.0, if this attempt to locate a DHCP server
> fails, the DHCP client will auto configure the stack with a selected IP
> address from the Microsoft-reserved class B network 169.254.0.0 with the
> subnet mask 255.255.0.0. This process is called Automatic IP (Auto IP). Auto
> IP is enabled by default. To disable Auto IP, update the AutoCfg registry
> key. The DHCP client will test, using a gratuitous ARP, to be sure that the
> IP address the client has chosen is not already in use. If the address is in
> use, the client selects another IP address. The client repeats this
> selection process for up to ten addresses. Once the DHCP client has selected
> an address that is verifiably not in use, the client configures the
> interface with this address. The client continues to check for a DHCP server
> in the background every 5 minutes, or according to the interval specified by
> the AutoInterval registry key. If a DHCP server is found, the auto
> configuration information is abandoned and the configuration offered by the
> DHCP server is used instead.
[snip]
IOW, it only took Microsoft about 15 years to figure out how to emulate
the auto address acquisition of an Apple Mac. :-)
MS calls it plug and play IP (pnpip) as described in
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/backgrnd/html/pnpip.htm
Also see RFC 2563.
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