169.254.0.0/16 Special CIDR Block Math


169.254.0.0 is the Network Address in 169.254.0.0/16
CIDR block	169.254.0.0/16 !cidr !bgp
Valid CIDR block	169.254.0.0/16
Range: Network - Broadcast	169.254.0.0 - 169.254.255.255
Netmask	255.255.0.0
Number of IP addresses in the block	65536
Network Address: 169.254.0.0 !ip !rdap !whois !bl !ptr24 !scan !tr !dnstr !g !gsec
Broadcast Address: 169.254.255.255 !ip !rdap !whois !bl !ptr24 !scan !tr !dnstr !g !gsec
169.254.0.0/16 - Link Local 169.254.0.0/16 was allocated on May of 2005. Addresses in 169.254.0.0/16 may be used as the source address of an IP datagram that transits two devices. Addresses in 169.254.0.0/16 may be used as the destination address of an IP datagram that transits two devices. Addresses in 169.254.0.0/16 are NOT forwardable. A router may NOT forward an IP datagram to Addresses in 169.254.0.0/16 between external interfaces Addresses in 169.254.0.0/16 are NOT globally reachable An IP datagram may NOT be forwarded to Addresses in 169.254.0.0/16 beyond a specified administative domain. The RFC that created 169.254.0.0/16 requires all compliant IP implementations to behave in a special way when processing packets either to or from addresses contained by 169.254.0.0/16 The 169.254.0.0/16 is allocated for communication between hosts on a single link. Hosts obtain addresses within 169.254.0.0/16 by auto-configuration, such as when a DHCP server cannot be found. [ RFC3927, ^ ] , Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses
!g 169.254.0.0/16

  
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