Re: simple routing query

Linux Advanced Routing and Traffic Control

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On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 12:50:34PM -0500, Brett Charbeneau wrote:
> http://www.cas.ilstu.edu/shac/Knowledge/Spam/iana.htm
> 
> 	see the "Autoconfiguration" IP Addresses section.

Yes, I read it, thnaks but I don't understand it.
| Addresses in the range 169.254.0.0 to 169.254.255.255 are used 
|automatically by some PCs and Macs when they are configured to use IP, 
|do not have a static IP Address assigned, and are unable to obtain an 
|IP address using DHCP.
|
|This traffic is intended to be confined to the local network, so the 
|administrator of the local network should look for misconfigured hosts. 

What do they mean by this? Is it at address given by error due to 
misconfiguaration.

Payal
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