169.254 is the Automatic Private IP addressing (APIPA)new in Win2k. A
server or pc will take that addressing if it doesnt have a static ip
address or cant get one from dhcp. Port 138 is NetBios stuff I believe
(LanManger updates, stuff like that) - but others please correct me if I'm
incorrect
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 1:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Unknown IP address Help
169.254 is the Automatic Private IP addressing (APIPA)new in Win2k. A
server or pc will take that addressing
It would be normal for PDC's and BDC's to broadcast to port 138. Sounds
like you have a pc out there with APIPA, because it cant get a DHCP
address, and its requesting NetBios update to the PDC/BDC. You need to
find out the Windows 2000 PC that has the APIPA configuration, and change
it to a
THe 169.254.0.0/16 address range was set aside for something called APIPA
(or something like that). In a nutshell, its local DHCP in case the machine
can't find a network. You've got a machine that doesn't think its on the
network.
Roger
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