At 04:00 PM 7/16/2002, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: >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.
have any references for this version of the story? it looks to me like lots of folks have been using 169.254/16 for similar purposes for a while, now. apple and microsoft both started using this net for their auto-configuration stuff at about the same time: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/98dec/I-D/draft-ietf-dhc-ipv4-autoconfig-01.txt and: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/99mar/44th-99mar-ietf-62.html as long as packets to/from 169.254/16 don't leave their segment, it would seem to be within the spirit of "link-local" reservation. marc -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
