
This prefix is reserved for link-local addressing by newer personal
comupting platforms in the absence of a recognizable DHCP
server. Please review [DHC-IPV4-AUTOCONFIG] - R. Troll, Automaticly
Choosing an IP Address in an Ad-Hoc IPv4 Network, Internet draft,
draft-ietf-dhc-ipv4-autoconfig-01.txt, October 1998 for more details.

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