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From: Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org>
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Subject: Re: IPv4 Link Local support in FreeBSD
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Hi Arul,

>    Does FreeBSD support IPv4 Link Local addresses as per RFC 3927 ?

I think it's being worked on.  IIRC, this is called zeroconf.  You can
check the archive for this word if you want to know more.

Regards,
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Jeremie Le Hen
< jeremie at le-hen dot org >< ttz at chchile dot org >