On Thursday 27 February 2014 14:55:55 Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > On Feb 27, 2014, at 12:20 PM, Matthew Rezny <matthew_at_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.Received on Thu Feb 27 2014 - 22:59:22 UTC
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