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On Saturday 01 Mar 2003 5:37 pm, James Gregory wrote:
> And here is where the other problem is. That is *not* an internal (as in
> LAN internal) IP address. That is an IP address that is (or should be)
> visible on the internet.
Umm, actually that is defined as the "Link Local" address 169.254.0.0/16.
RFC 3330 ("Special-Use IPv4 Addresses") says:
169.254.0.0/16 - This is the "link local" block. It is allocated for
communication between hosts on a single link. Hosts obtain these
addresses by auto-configuration, such as when a DHCP server may not
be found.
Interestingly enough, RFC-3330 doesn't say where it was defined. :-)
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Chris Samuel : http://csamuel.org/ : Wollongong, NSW
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