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by themulticaster 1760 days ago
Just a heads up for anyone confused about 169.254.1.1: 169.254.0.0/16 is the link-local address block for IPv4, but link-local addressing is rarely used in IPv4. OTOH, the fe80::/10 address block on IPv6 is widely known since link-local addresses are mandated by the standard.