This happens when a Windows 2000 machine cannot contact a DNS or DHCP server, Windows then assigns the 169.254 address if it cannot contact a DHCP server to renew the DHCP assigned address.
-----Original Message----- From: stephen at unix dot za dot net [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 2:54 AM To: Jason Armstrong Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' Subject: RE: source LAN port 137 dest 169.x cat /etc/services |grep <port number here> :) On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Jason Armstrong wrote: > Also, check out this great site: > > http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/ip/ports00000.htm > > It has a listing of all of the well-known ports. > > Port 137 is NETBIOS. > > Jason > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 7/29/03 6:28 PM > Subject: RE: source LAN port 137 dest 169.x > > The only thing that I'm familiar with that the 169.x.x.x range is used > for is the auto-config in MSFT machines that can't get a DHCP-assigned > address. > > | -----Original Message----- > | From: Darren Gragg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 08:33 > | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Subject: source LAN port 137 dest 169.x > | > | > | I am seeing some UDP packets showing up in my logs as being > | dropped that > | have a source of 172 my local subnet with a port of 137 and a > | destination of > | a 169.xxx.xxx.xxx address with a port of 137. what would > | that destination > | be telling me? Any ideas? Thanks very much in advance > | > | Darren Gragg > | Network Administrator > | > | > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
