ModelCitizen;266733 Wrote: > > Network Status listed SSID as ScufflingsFarmhouse and stated the > device's IP address to be 169.254.122.214. Where did it get this from?
169.254 is the 'LinkLocal' network, a sort of fallback for when DHCP is not available. The logic in that standard is that if a computer can't find a DHCP server, perhaps there is a network there anyway, and it should autoconfig to it. It is designed so that small networks won't need a DHCP server (unless of course, setting gateway and name servers are important, which they usually are...): think a small business with 2 or 3 PC's sharing files and printers. It's not specific to Slim/Logitech: Windows machines use this network as well (ie, the 2/3-PC network above does actually work). Of course, most of the time you would want a DHCP server these days, since even small offices get cable or DSL and a router that is happy to be a semi-functional DHCP server. -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43205 _______________________________________________ jive mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/jive
