On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 11:44:30AM -0500, Jim Thompson wrote: > 169.254/16 is reserved for Linklocal addresses (not just point-to-point > adresses) > > zaphod 14 whois -h whois.arin.net 169.254.1.1 > IANA (NETBLK-LINKLOCAL) > Internet Assigned Numbers Authority > 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 > Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695 > US > > Netname: LINKLOCAL > Netblock: 169.254.0.0 - 169.254.255.255 > > > and yes this is IANA approved, and IETF drafts are being circulated.
But... just to keep things clear: They *did* do this to plaster over it after Microsoft came along and just unilaterally pulled it out of their ass, right? Coz that's the story as I heard it. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Member of the Technical Staff Baylink RFC 2100 The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 "If you don't have a dream; how're you gonna have a dream come true?" -- Captain Sensible, The Damned (from South Pacific's "Happy Talk") -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
