[plug] Samba query (fwd)

[Leon Brooks]

"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?

> 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)."

Hmmm. I can't see it in the appropriate RFC
(http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1918.txt) but I'll look a bit further.

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