dean Wrote: 
> 
> That's a link-local address.  If the DHCP request times out, it will  
> use a 169.254.x.x address until DHCP succeeds, at which point it will 
> 
> switch to the new address.
> 
What is a link-local address?  Windows boxes fall back to 169.254 when
they can't get an address and I've always assumed this was just
Microsoft being random.  How does it help to pick a seemingly invalid
address that almost certainly won't work in any situation?


-- 
max.spicer

The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible
teeth
and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws
but Max stepped into his private boat and waved good-bye
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