RE: weird network address

I'm not certain why it would be assigned via DHCP, but it shows up in many =
Linux distributions' routing tables as a part of some ZeroConf initiative:
http://zeroconf.org

I've know it to be rather innocuous in such cases, but if it is preempting =
the addresses your DHCP server should be issuing, I can see the problem. I =
can=92t offer any assistance there.

-Jamie

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From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org] On Behalf Of G=
reg Madden
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 9:07 PM
To: aklug@aklug.org
Subject: weird network address

I am behind a Ipcop firewall, with a dhcp server running, internal=20
address's are 192.169.0.x range. I ran ifconfig and got a strange address=
=20
for my box, 169.254.4.199, and a whois spits out the following. How=20
would something like this happen ?

myetch:~# whois 169.254.4.199

OrgName: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
OrgID: IANA
Address: 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
City: Marina del Rey
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 90292-6695
Country: US

NetRange: 169.254.0.0 - 169.254.255.255
CIDR: 169.254.0.0/16
NetName: LINKLOCAL
NetHandle: NET-169-254-0-0-1
Parent: NET-169-0-0-0-0
NetType: IANA Special Use
NameServer: BLACKHOLE-1.IANA.ORG
NameServer: BLACKHOLE-2.IANA.ORG
Comment: Please see RFC 3330 for additional information.
RegDate: 1998-01-27
Updated: 2002-10-14

OrgAbuseHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number
OrgAbusePhone: +1-310-301-5820
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@iana.org

OrgTechHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN
OrgTechName: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number
OrgTechPhone: +1-310-301-5820
OrgTechEmail: abuse@iana.org

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2006-06-21 19:10
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Greg Madden

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