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



On 2018-01-23, Andy Hawkins <andy@gently.org.uk> wrote:
> 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.

Is this what you're referring to ("an IPv4 address within the 169.254/16
prefix that is valid for communication with other devices connected to
the same physical (or logical) link," failing--or in the absence
of--automatic or manual assignment)?

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3927

> Andy
>
>


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