The address is that in the range reserved by IANA for point to point link endpoints.
By having a preconfigured address, it makes it possible to access the unit at setup time to configure it. And that's an excellent range from which to pick the preconfigured address. What other address would you suggest? Matthew > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jay R. Ashworth > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 8:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [BAWUG] canopy > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 08:08:03AM -0700, Matthew Kaufman wrote: > > > The default IP address of the 'backhaul' radio is 169.254.1.1 > > > Someone doesn't understand the Internet, maybe? > > > > That sounds like a good choice to me, actually. > > Perhaps the person who doesn't understand the internet is me. > > Expound? -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
