Generate Reverse Deligations

[Bill Manning]

% > %     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?

	I expect that both nodes detect collision, back off
	and grab a different address, then retest.
	Given the size of the space and the constraints on the
	number of nodes supportable in a -single- broadcast domain,
	it seems unlikely that repeating, consecutive collisions
	will occur.

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--bill