On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 02:01:11PM +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > I _think_ the 169.254 network is a default one given when an interface > cannot get its address via dhcp.
169.254/16 is a link-local IPv4 address range set aside for automatic, DHCP-less, network adapter configuration. See 'Dynamic Configuration of Link-Local IPv4 Addresses'[0] from the ZERCONF Working Group. [0] http://files.zeroconf.org/draft-ietf-zeroconf-ipv4-linklocal.txt Cheers, -mjg -- Matthew Gregan |/ /| [EMAIL PROTECTED]
