[thelist] OT Weird IP addies, ADSL router, Mac

Joel Canfield joel at spinhead.com
Fri Oct 11 11:19:00 CDT 2002


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> Connected through the hub, I get:
> IP 		169.254.83.233
> Mask 		255.255.255.0
> Router 		169.254.83.233
> Name Server	224.0.0.251
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> Where on earth can those IP addies be coming from? They only
> appear when I plug in the router so my Mac didn't make them
> up on its own. I'm confused :(

Those are 'autoconfigure' addresses - it means you ain't connected to
nothin' so you've got no DHCP generated address.

joel



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