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Date:      Fri, 28 Nov 2014 20:36:25 -0500
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>
Cc:        usb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question on ue devices autoconfigure versus Linux.
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On 28 November 2014 at 20:16, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> Also really interested in knowing how the heck Linux figures out the IP
> address?

The 169.254.x.x is a link-local IPv4 address - see RFC 3927.

I haven't used it, but the avahi-autoipd pkg might take care of it for you.



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