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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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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

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