[plug] Samba query (fwd)

[de Vries, Arie]

No I don't.
But the next paragraph of the quote stated, "The range of IP addresses (from
169.254.0.1 through 169.254.255.254) used
for APIPA is reserved by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)."

Regards, Arie de Vries.
08 9491 5193

-----Original Message-----
From: "Leon Brooks

On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, de Vries, Arie wrote:

> When APIPA is used, Windows 2000 determines an address in the
> Microsoft-reserved IP addressing range from 169.254.0.1 through
> 169.254.255.254. This address is used until a DHCP server is located. The
> subnet mask is set to 255.255.0.0.

Also (and yes, the answer is _proably_ "because they are Microsoft") do
you know WTF didn't MS use one of the private B classes? 172.16.*.* or
something?

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