NetRange: 169.254.0.0 - 169.254.255.255 CIDR: 169.254.0.0/16 NetName: LINKLOCAL-RFC3927-IANA-RESERVED NetHandle: NET-169-254-0-0-1 Parent: NET169 (NET-169-0-0-0-0) NetType: IANA Special Use OriginAS: Organization: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) RegDate: 1998-01-27 Updated: 2014-01-09 Comment: Computers use addresses starting with "169.254." when they do not have a manually configured address or when they are not told which address to use by a service on the network. They are commonly called the "link local" addresses. Comment: Comment: Routers are not allowed to forward packets sent from an IPv4 "link local" address, so they are always used by a directly connected device. Comment: Comment: These addresses were assigned by the IETF, the organization that develops Internet protocols, in the Standards Track document, RFC3927, which can be found at: Comment: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc3927 Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/169.254.0.0 OrgName: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority OrgId: IANA Address: 12025 Waterfront Drive Address: Suite 300 City: Los Angeles StateProv: CA PostalCode: 90292 Country: US RegDate: Updated: 2012-08-31 Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/IANA OrgTechHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN OrgTechName: ICANN OrgTechPhone: +1-310-301-5820 OrgTechEmail: abuse@iana.org OrgTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/IANA-IP-ARIN OrgAbuseHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN OrgAbuseName: ICANN OrgAbusePhone: +1-310-301-5820 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@iana.org OrgAbuseRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/IANA-IP-ARIN