Re: LAN Setup

["David A. Bandel" <..hidden..>]

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:
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>> 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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