> "David" == David A Bandel writes:
David> 169.254.0.0/16 is a "zeroconf" address -- it's what Windoze
David> uses when it gets lost (can't figure out what it's address
David> should be), but there are zeroconf utilities for Linux and
That's not fair.
Windoz does get lost lot
On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Stroller wrote:
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> On 1 May 2009, at 15:16, geordie wrote:
>> ...
>> DBhost = localhost
>> does this need to be changed to 169.XXX.X.X ?
169.254.0.0/16 is a "zeroconf" address -- it's what Windoze uses when
it gets lost (can't figure out what it's address sh
On 1 May 2009, at 15:16, geordie wrote:
> ...
> DBhost = localhost
> does this need to be changed to 169.XXX.X.X ?
I believe it does, assuming you can ping that address from the Windows
box.
As James observes, this is a slightly unusual network range to use -
192.168.x.y would be more
