Re: msft 169.254.173.250 IP address

Interesting how only about 10% of you are reading Sadiq's original
post properly. Hopefully it's because you're all too busy studying :-)

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:21 PM, John Porter <jporter_hm_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:34 PM, ALL From_NJ <all.from.nj_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Sadiq Yakasai <sadiqtanko_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Guys,
>>>
>>> I have done abit of googling but to no avail...but does anyone have any
>>> information about this IP address on Windows XP please?
>>>
>>> The PC is doing DHCP straight away but I am still seeing traffic sourced
>>> from this IP address on a wireshark trace, which is kinda weird. Appears
>>> to
>>> me like the PC assigns itself this IP address right before assigning the
>>> IP
>>> address from the DHCP server.
>>>
>>> PS: There is no delay what so ever from the DHCP server and the client
>>> does
>>> NOT timeout on DHCP.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Sadiq

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