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Questions about APIPA start range

Anonymous
2024-05-12T12:09:20+00:00

Hi,

I have a serious question!

Why APIPA alway start with 169?

Why it doesn't start with 120 or 195 or something like that?

What is the matmatical purpose behind it?

Thanks

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  1. paulr0511 44,260 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2024-05-12T12:52:06+00:00

    Good day zhiyar, thanks for your question. I am glad to be able to provide assistance to you today. This is specifically a reserved range of IP addresses designated for automatic assignment by clients/devices when they cannot obtain a valid IP address from DHCP source/server due to availability or configuration issues and thus this reserved range is from 169.254.0.1 to 169.254.255.254.

    Regards,

    Paul R.

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