Re: new issue: [LL36] Combine and rework section 1.7 and 2.11 to be clearer

On 12/5/03 11:44 AM, "Ralph Droms" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Does "not used" mean effectively "turned off", as in there is no v4LL
>> address whatsoever, or does "not used" mean, "Not using a separate
>> 169.254/16 address, and just using the working routable address"?
> 
> I mean that the interface has a routable address, and the v4LL mechanisms
> are not invoked to assign a 169.254/16 address to the interface.
> 
> I don't understand the difference between the two alternatives you've
> presented.  I also don't understand, from below, "and the working routable
> address is mapped over as the v4LL address".

For example...I have a manually assigned IPv4 address:

172.16.245.21

If I ping my Unicast DNS name, I get that address. If I ping my
Zeroconf/Rendezvous name, "aurora.local" that address is what is used for
the ping as well.

john

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