On Tuesday 22 January 2002 09:24, Jeff Newmiller wrote: ... > The 169.254.0.0/16 network has been proposed for use in automatic > configuration in the absence of a DHCP server. I am not aware if this is > an actual sanctioned use, but it apparently has become de-facto use by > the presence of implementations such as Microsoft Networking. > > Ergo, the computer(s) having trouble are probably Windows machines, and > are having difficulty contacting the dhcp server. > ...
Remarkable! You mean the machines when configured as dhcp clients will silently fail when unable to contact a server, assigning themselves a random IP address? Reminds me of IE's "friendly HTTP error messages" option which is selected by default -- what it does is throw away error messages that the server tries to send you. It's evident that Microsoft assumes everyone using their products is a complete idiot. -- Rod http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
