Generate Reverse Deligations
Joseph S D Yao
jsdy at cospo.osis.gov
Thu Jul 13 20:35:56 UTC 2000
On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 01:25:28PM -0700, Bill Manning wrote:
> % >>>>> "Bill" == Bill Manning <bmanning at ISI.EDU> writes:
> %
> % Bill> Link Local. Fire up any current Apple or Microsoft OS, tell
> % Bill> it to use dynamic IP and don't have a working DHCP server on
> % Bill> the wire. These nodes will -auto-configure- an address in
> % Bill> this range.
> %
> % Do they auto-configure their forward and reverse DNS entries too? :-)
>
> Nope, not yet... :)
> They just grab an IP address from this range, test to see if someone else
> has already taken it. If not, they bring up the NIC.
How to prevent collisions? What if you and I choose the same addr and
test at the same time ... and nobody's there?
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Joe Yao jsdy at cospo.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
COSPO/OSIS Computer Support EMT-B
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