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?
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