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Subject: Re: 169.254.x.x
From: Pavel Kankovsky (peak
ARGO.TROJA.MFF.CUNI.CZ)Date: Fri Mar 31 2000 - 01:04:20 CST
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Robert Graham wrote:
> ...For example, on a widely switched Ethernet backbone, it could
> enable the user to at least e-mail MIS saying that their network
> connection is flaky.
1. they would not send anything unless a SMTP server listens on
169.254.0.0/16 locally and they can locate and use it, in a
clueless-user-friendly way
2. if "their network connection is flaky", it is quite unlikely DHCP is
the only thing that will fail
3. if they are able to send packets at all, whoever monitoring the network
will already know something is wrong because repeated DHCP requests
from a single host will be seen
--Pavel Kankovsky aka Peak [ Boycott Microsoft--http://www.vcnet.com/bms ]
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