Subject: RE: draft-ietf-zeroconf-ipv4-linklocal-03.txt

From: Stuart Cheshire <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 07:28:04 -0700

>So the MAC runs with 169.254/16 addresses, but a /0 netmask so that it can 
>arp everything? Interesting. Not a bad idea. Guess we should be asking 
>whether the link-local draft should mention this as an option. My comments 
>above were predicated on the belief that the netmask would be /16, as other 
>systems seem to do (Windows, for example). Perhaps we should encourage the 
>switch to /0?

Almost. The interface netmask is still /16, because we want the broadcast 
address to be 169.254.255.255.

However, there is a *second* routing table entry that says
"default (0/0) -> ARP" (instead of the usual "default (0/0) -> router").

Stuart Cheshire <[email-masked]>
 * Wizard Without Portfolio, Apple Computer
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