On Jun 13, 2004 Bob Lawrence wrote to Rod Gasson:

BL>  Windows uses DHCP, and so does Linux, but the weird part is that
BL> Windows uses 169.254.0.0 as their LAN and Linux uses 192.168.0.0!
BL> Classic uniwanker...

Windows only uses addresses from the 169.254.0.0 network when *no* DHCP
server is found. Linux does not support this automatic address
configuration.

192.168.0.0 is one of the address blocks set aside for private networks and
is not routable across the Internet. Both Windows and Linux can use this
address block, either allocated by a DHCP server or statically configured
in each PC.


Best wishes,
Malcolm

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