IPs in the 169 (private addresses) set are automatically assigned by Windows
when DHCP not available. With 169 addresses, computers can only
communication within their network - they have no access outside of their
network (public IPs required - such as 192.*.*.*).
"Andreas Wruhs" <aw@taonet.at> wrote in message
news:ONQsgymJHHA.4000@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi there
>
> does somebody know how to enable routing of ip ranges in the 169.254.x.x
> subnet over the default gw?
> when we manually add a route via the cmd all is functional but it seems
> that ms disabled the automatic routing of APIPA range over the default gw!
>
> thnxs andi
>