Re: Event viewer warning

From: Jeff (jeff_at_naol.com)
Date: 08/30/05 

Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 08:53:13 -0400

"Malke" <invalid@not-real.com> wrote in message
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> Jeff wrote:
>
>> Thank you Wes for your very helpful answer. I was just curious and a
>> little worried because the ip it assigned (169.254.225.144) in the
>> event message was not one I recognized and is not one of my ip's. When
>> I do ipconfig /all it is not one of those I find.
>>
>> That is really why I asked. Why would the DHCP assign an ip that is
>> not one
>> of mine. Could it be an intruder?
>
> No, the 169.254.225.144 address is the default address used by the
> operating system when your computer cannot get an IP address from the
> DHCP server. It's not a public IP address. Don't worry about this.
>
> Malke
> --

Thank you. Is there somewhere that gives a list or information about the
various non-public ip addresses like this one that are used by the system
for various reasons?

Jeff

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