[NBLUG/talk] Samba running slow...

Mark Street jet at sonic.net
Tue Jul 15 10:22:00 PDT 2003


Huh, I didn't know you could configure a linux box for rendezvous/link-local 
devices... learn something new everyday....

I wonder is that a manual entry to the routing table or is it configured on 
network initialization?

On Tuesday 15 July 2003 10:08, Eric Eisenhart wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 09:46:42AM -0700, Mark Street wrote:
> > Where does the 169.254. network come from????
>
> 169.254.0.0/16 is the "link local" reserved IP block.
>
> 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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