[X4U] Airport upgrade troubles

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Thu Nov 25 04:14:51 PST 2004


On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:40:52 +0000, Stroller wrote:
> Self-assigned IPs are of the order 169.x.y.z; I think saying that 
> "just assigns itself that for lack of anything better to do" is a bit 
> unfair  - that range is part of the "zeroconf" standards which are 
> intended that networky stuff should be able to be plugged in & detect 
> other network devices without any configuration. The technical stuff 
> is at <http://www.zeroconf.org/> and 
> <http://developer.apple.com/macosx/rendezvous/index.html>.

ayep, i meant the airport is assigning itself that IP because it can't get one from somewhere else...

drunkenbatman ( there! )


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