[H-GEN] Weird DHCP error

[Robert Brockway]

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On Fri, 16 May 2003, The Revolution wrote:

> At closer inspection i discovered they had internet class
> IP addresses

Lemme guess, the addresses were in 169.254.0.0/16 ?

This is an rfc compliant fall back range which is used if a host
can't connect to a dhcp server.

> Anyone care to shed some light on how this is possible
> And perhaps even a little solution so i can prevent it from
> happening again

Ensure dhcpd stays running ;)

Rob

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