
UPnP protocol - addressing
Zeroth, optional, step. If no DHCP server is found use “auto-addressing”:
1. randomly pick an IP address from 169.254/16 IP range
2. if IP address is taken, abandon IP address and goto 1
3. else keep IP address
More auto-addressing:
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RFC 3927
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IETF ZeroConf
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Fedora (has a default route for 169.254/16)
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