Name: draft-ietf-zeroconf-ipv4-linklocal-17
Title: Dynamic Configuration of Link-Local IPv4 Addresses
State: Pending
Authors: Bernard Aboba
Group: Zero Configuration Networking (zeroconf)
Date: 2004-07-13
To participate in wide-area IP networking, a host needs to be configured
with IP addresses for its interfaces, either manually by the user or
automatically from a source on the network such as a DHCP server.
Unfortunately, such address configuration information may not always be
available. It is therefore beneficial for a host to be able to depend on a
useful subset of IP networking functions even when no address configuration
is available. This document describes how a host may automatically
configure an interface with 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.
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