Link-local address or APIPA

The link-local address or Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) is used if a machine connected in a DHCP environment is unable to acquire an IP address from the DHCP sever. This also helps in establishing communication between machines on the same network by allocating them IP addresses in the range of 169.254.0.0/16, if the DHCP server is not connected or down.

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