Re: Draining the Swamp: A Technical User's Experience

[linas linas org (Linas Vepstas)]

> > Microsoft already went that way (partly): Windows machine automatically
> > get an IP address when connected together without dhcp/wins server (in a
> > weird range, something like 164.128.x.x but I'm certainly wrong). I've
> > seen this on W98 machines, but didn't look at the protocol they used.

I remember reading that there is a draft ietf spec for this, actually
first written by Apple, for use with Mac's; Microsoft picked up on it,
tweaked it a bit.  But the spec appearently is less than satisfactory 
(flakes out when you finally add a firewall or real router to the net)
so Alan's algo doesn't seem worse.

--linas

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