From: mani poopal (mani_ccie@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Nov 28 2005 - 07:46:44 GMT-3
Guys,
Loopback addresses falls in the network range of 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 out of this range Microsoft has taken 127.0.0.1(host 127.0.0.1) as their loopback address.
Mani
James Ventre <messageboard@ventrefamily.com> wrote:
>Microsoft is their AutoNet concept which is the 169.254/16 range.
Linux does it too, and it's RFC'd.
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3927.html
James
Scott Morris wrote:
> Any machine (Microsoft or otherwise) uses 127.0.0.1 as a default loopback.
> The entire 127/8 range CAN be used, and often is (again, HW/SW independent).
> The only thing I can think of specific to Microsoft is their AutoNet concept
> which is the 169.254/16 range. That is NOT a loopback though.
>
> I'd probably ask the proctor what "Microsoft" and "loopback" had to do with
> each other in the same sentence.
>
> Scott
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