Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:55:55 -0800 From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> To: Matthew Rezny <matthew@reztek.cz> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD XXI Manifesto [mDNS proposal] Message-ID: <6D589C89-941E-4F75-8050-C2366E709557@orthanc.ca> In-Reply-To: <1424978.vEyl8RcM2T@desktop.reztek> References: <1424978.vEyl8RcM2T@desktop.reztek>
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--Apple-Mail=_BFB8C811-3750-4D45-9382-E9B147E96A28 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Feb 27, 2014, at 12:20 PM, Matthew Rezny <matthew@reztek.cz> wrote: > If IPv4LL is in active use, the DHCP=20 > client should continue to periodically look for a DHCP server and = obtain a=20 > lease without manual user intervention (which is unfortunately = required on=20 > both OS X and Windows, leading to sub-optimal experience in cases of = temporary=20 > unavailability of the DHCP server). That's not true for Mac OS. If you have an interface configured to use = DHCP, and the Mac is unable to renew the lease, it will automatically = configure a 169.254.x.y address on the interface. All the while it = continues its attempts to renew the DHCP lease and, once successful, = removes the 169.254.x.y address from the interface. --lyndon --Apple-Mail=_BFB8C811-3750-4D45-9382-E9B147E96A28 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTD8J7AAoJEG8PnXiV/JnUVMwP/AvCOrJb5X25JRezV0Q5+uyn E7RbSYxnPe/4BjiZ+WizUMLO6M5Gc+Yd7JDKRwxnR+ADCldJHK7M7s+ABgPSvULw yME2GGXd+qFj5CNXJtnPI8OCXlaaKjx+MiQaouPiwl4wr0yF6qEFbzLJnvGSf2VF hdsmIoT5iRen76mMmr3hTLUxq4bxnypI7NTJR/IDTdqy5BSIYNnaimrywFo82WOo EbObEbPc2EdcQTl1whVezRSOwaze1WwwRnRFnqbngid8PtT9pMG/AspxZbIeK1Tp KzG09HmcMiA+CL1WVDKbBN51I5OABUhgpR9KpbQOZf1zbx2IYz7vqQbthsksMpJo XlCIw2sfSL9SqGoCW45HCTh8548SZUeOVsVNzBtSUIQuEEl6uN/3HaFkVlkrvGug EFGsIekvDUa8ITp/ch66WcDXQYMLr5oyGEAD25V8ei89A2vo3gNMPKspgkWjDfJR tUXlXYWDOH3D9C+osEbLKr3CGkAtSsosjLS7as2huu/Fxx2C6HrerRvZerHMaLJj 7EACFdqdIhmqCXYW8r8kx8cQUKMSoNX61iKbMbDxue134DwaiCLO93xK9K6oINcf os6jXy2SplH7jnJpdYj8mbzIQ+zwyyIcaYnIzd4rNs5RuMZZ3lpd4PYP9Uv1Yfjm SjULKcMXXFiRZMWXs398 =fTc3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_BFB8C811-3750-4D45-9382-E9B147E96A28--
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