Re: A little FYI

From: Wayne McGlinn (wayne.mcglinn_at_nospam.didata.com.au)
Date: 11/25/03 

Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:59:12 +1000

Exactly! At least then you can start troubleshooting DHCP problems or
allocate a fixed ip address. APIPA is the first thing turned off in a
corporate environment. An error message saying "dhcp server unavailable" is
better than no message and being allocated a 169.254.0.0 /16 address.

Wayne

"Lars M. Hansen" <badnews@hansenonline.net> wrote in message
news:lcm7svgh32mdtdlk9oaa58ek76kk6sm3sp@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:31:11 +1000, Wayne McGlinn spoketh
>
> >I'll try this one more time: if you get a 169.254.0.0. /16 then use
> >http://www.petri.co.il/disable_apipa.htm to turn of APIPA. What you
> >recommend is *not* a workaround, it's *totally* uneccessary and shows
that
> >you have not done your homework! The site you send people to for a fix
also
> >has how to turn off APIPA! Try that first, way way before any silly
bloody
> >deleteing od winsock, etc.
> >
> >Wayne
> >
>
> And what'll give you in the event that a DHCP server is not available?
> 0.0.0.0 ?
>
> Lars M. Hansen
> www.hansenonline.net
> Remove "bad" from my e-mail address to contact me.

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