On 11/22/2010 2:29 PM, Jason Curl wrote: [snip] > And the interface that is failing: D4B7FEA9 = 169.254.183.212 doesn't > appear by a call to "ipconfig /all". I'm guessing that Windows is [snip] > I'm not sure where this IP is currently coming from...
It's Microsoft's default address, used when the network interface is set to "Obtain an IP address automatically" and no server responds or accepts the request, and the "Alternate Configuration" is set to use "Automatic private IP address". But the real point is: it shouldn't be used in any case other than when the interface can't get an address. And that is only during configuration... -- René Berber -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
