Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a LAN

[Andy Hawkins <andy@gently.org.uk>]

Hi,
In article <[🔎] 20180122185135.GA12212@alum>,
           David Wright<deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
>> You should be able to do that with IPv4 too. If DHCP address allocation
>> fails,
>
> Elaborate on this please. What do you mean by "fails".
> What am I meant to want to fail?

If a host that's expecting to receive its address via DHCP receives no response from the
DHCP server, it should fall back automatically to a 'link local' address.

Andy