Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 00:59:15 +0100 From: Matthew Rezny <matthew@reztek.cz> To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD XXI Manifesto [mDNS proposal] Message-ID: <2130557.6Hv9SgOJ3f@desktop.reztek> In-Reply-To: <6D589C89-941E-4F75-8050-C2366E709557@orthanc.ca> References: <1424978.vEyl8RcM2T@desktop.reztek> <6D589C89-941E-4F75-8050-C2366E709557@orthanc.ca>
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On Thursday 27 February 2014 14:55:55 Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > On Feb 27, 2014, at 12:20 PM, Matthew Rezny <matthew@reztek.cz> wrote: > > If IPv4LL is in active use, the DHCP > > client should continue to periodically look for a DHCP server and obtain a > > lease without manual user intervention (which is unfortunately required on > > both OS X and Windows, leading to sub-optimal experience in cases of > > temporary 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 If they corrected that, it was after I abandoned the platform years ago. I remember repeatedly pushing the Renew Lease button in the Network section of System Settings in frustration, waiting to see the address change.home | help
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