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The 169.254/16 network is a reserved range of IP addresses, which a client can assign to itself in case a DHCP lease cannot be obtained (RFC 3927).

The idea is that, if the DHCP server fails to respond, the requesting device can self-assign a possibly suitable address (such as 169.254.100.88) in order to obtain any usable IP address. In reality, this scheme doesn't really work, however, as the resulting address is almost always on a not supported subnet, and the self-assignment lacks other important details (such as the gateway address).

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