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tractorboy2 · 10-31-2005, 10:51 AM

the 169 is the default out of the box automatic windows ip address that windows machines will assume if connected on a network w/o dhcp and no static ip. It is so automatically they will connect. So somewhere your network backbone is breaking down.

10-31-2005, 10:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
tractorboy2 Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: east coast Posts: 95 OS: XP PROF, WIN 2003, HP MEDIA CTR PC	the 169 is the default out of the box automatic windows ip address that windows machines will assume if connected on a network w/o dhcp and no static ip. It is so automatically they will connect. So somewhere your network backbone is breaking down.