RE: [FW1] 169.254.X.X ip addresses in state table

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Tony, In Windows 98 and Windows 2000 if a computer is set to use DHCP and is unable to locate a DHCP server it picks a random number from the 169.254.0.0/16 range.  I'd say that's where this address is coming from.   --Ryan Vickmark -----Original Message----- From: Tony Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 12:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FW1] 169.254.X.X ip addresses in state table I have been getting a lof of errors in my event log with some ip addresses that do not belong to my network:   169.254.X.X   when i type in fw tab -t host_table > lichost.txt   I can see that the src ip is 169.254.X.X and destination to somewhere on the internet.   Any idea of what and where this ip address is coming from?     Thanks