The 169.254.0.0 - 169.254.255.255 block belongs to IANA. Perhaps you see
the Information Sciences Institute at USC because they are the contact for
IANA?
Priscilla
At 03:18 PM 1/5/01, Lowell Sharrah wrote:
>It does not belong to Microsoft. It belongs to USC. Go to
>
>http://www.arin.net/whois/index.html
>
>and type in 169.254 and hit enter.
>
>Lowell E. Sharrah
>SBC-DataComm
>517-241-7059 wk
>517-360-0481 pgr
>517-930-1993 cell
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>
> >>> "Kathy Miihalisko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/05/01 02:46PM >>>
>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.
>Note If the Windows CE client determines that a DHCP server is available,
>Windows CE checks if the IP address offered by the server is on the same
>subnet. If the address is on the same subnet, Windows CE requests that it
>use the automatically configured IP address. This feature prevents
>application sessions from being stopped unnecessarily.
>
>AND WHAT IANA SAYS:
>
>IP block lookup for 169.254.0.0
>whois -h whois.arin.net 169.254.0.0
>
>Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) (NETBLK-LINKLOCAL)
> For use with Link Local Networks
> Information Sciences Institute
> University of Southern California
> 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
> Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695
>
> Netname: LINKLOCAL
> Netblock: 169.254.0.0 - 169.254.255.255
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
>Chuck Larrieu
>Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 1:48 PM
>To: Saswata Mohapatra; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: A question
>
>
>I believe the 169.250.0.0 is a Microsoft reserved address. Microsoft, if
>memory serves, uses it in conjunction with their automatic network
>configuration A search of the RFC's did not reveal anything. A search of
>ARIN whois indicated that the block itself is assigned to "linklocal"
>Microsoft claims it is theirs
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/wcedoc/wcecomm/tcpip_50.htm e.g.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of
>Saswata Mohapatra
>Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 10:13 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: A question
>
>Hi Networker
>
>I have couple of questions.
>
>1. We recently received a router preconfigured from
>one of our client. The moment we connect the router to
>our network, all of our PC in our internal network got
>a message about IP conflict with another IP address
>which is not our internal IP address. We use
>10.210.X.X as our internal IP and the conflicting IP
>was 169.254.X.X. We use DHCP server internally. This
>router was connected to our network through Sonicwall
>Firewall which disallows all the incoming traffic. So,
>we removed the router and everything worked fine. So,
>my question is "Is there a DHCP server in the router?"
>
>2. How should I connect my PC to the console. I have
>the console cables with me. I am using Windows NT
>server. I tried to connect the cable to the com2 and
>when I tries to use the Hyper terminal it took most of
>the processor time. So please help me out.
>
>Somebody please help me. I have to finish this work by
>the end of the day.
>
>TIA.
>
>Saswata
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