RE: [lwip-users] OT: Is the AutoIP range a special case IP address range?

[Bill Auerbach]

> From: David Empson
>Windows has simply set up two IP addresses on the same network

>interface, one AutoIP and the other in the 192.168.0/24 range. If you

>have a look at the network traffic with Wireshark you will find that

>pings to 169.254/16 are being sent from the PC using an IP address in

>that range. No "bridging" required. The AutoIP address might not appear

>in "ipconfig /all", so the only evidence will be if you try to send to

>an AutoIP address.

 

This is correct – the only evidence is the ARP table and that packets are sent and received.