[NBLUG/talk] Samba running slow...

[Todd Cary]

Eric -

Many thanks...another item to add to the overloaded memory bank :-) .

Todd

Eric Eisenhart wrote:

>On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 09:46:42AM -0700, Mark Street wrote:
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>>Where does the 169.254. network come from????
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>169.254.0.0/16 is the "link local" reserved IP block.
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>The description from RFC 3330:
># 169.254.0.0/16 - This is the "link local" block.  It is allocated for
># communication between hosts on a single link.  Hosts obtain these
># addresses by auto-configuration, such as when a DHCP server may not
># be found.
>
>This block is also used for some of the newer "zero configuration" stuff
>(Like Apple's "Rendezvous" technology).
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