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hunter2_ 8 days ago

Windows will self-assign from 169.254/16 in the absence of a DHCP server.

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tossandthrow 8 days ago | parent [-]

Also 15 years ago?

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Symbiote 8 days ago | parent [-]

Yes.

The idea was specified in 2005, and there's a related question about Windows using these addresses in 2011 [1]. I haven't tried to find older evidence.

[1] https://superuser.com/questions/238625/why-is-windows-defaul...

	▲	amichal 8 days ago \| parent [-]
		https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3927 "Microsoft Windows 98 (and later) and Mac OS 8.5 (and later) already support this capability." And https://www.techrepublic.com/forums/discussions/win-98-fails...