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Re: LAN Setup
- Subject: Re: LAN Setup
- From: "David A. Bandel" <..hidden..>
- Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 08:28:11 -0500
On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Stroller <..hidden..> wrote:
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> On 1 May 2009, at 15:16, geordie wrote:
>> ...
>> DBhost = localhost
>> does this need to be changed to 169.XXX.X.X ?
169.254.0.0/16 is a "zeroconf" address -- it's what Windoze uses when
it gets lost (can't figure out what it's address should be), but there
are zeroconf utilities for Linux and other Unices as well.
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> I believe it does, assuming you can ping that address from the Windows
> box.
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> As James observes, this is a slightly unusual network range to use -
> 192.168.x.y would be more common.
RFC 1918 outlines the following addresses for use within private networks:
10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 (10/8 prefix)
172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 (172.16/12 prefix)
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 (192.168/16 prefix)
However, 169.254.0.0/16 is considered a bogus address. It can be found
in the bogon listings and will be dropped by properly configured
routers, so can be used as a private address group (but that's not
recommended).
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> Stroller.
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Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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