Windows 10: Questions about APIPA start range

Hi,I have a serious question!Why APIPA alway start with 169?Why it doesn't start with 120 or 195 or something like that?What is the matmatical purpose behind it? Thanks

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Can you communicate with a device which has APIPA address?

• Can you communicate with a device which has APIPA (169.x.x.x)address?
• So i'm relatively new in the field of IT support and provides support remotely.
• User was trying to set up network printer and was running HP Scan doctor, which showed that printer had 169.x.x.x IP address.
• I informed user this will not work, but user sounds very confident and said he knows about IT and said printer is on local network and this IP address should work.
• But i read in the networking books that APIPA 169.x.x.x is not a valid IP address so i'm sort of confused here.
• I do know that if two devices has APIPA addresses assigned they should be able to communicate, but if not then they shouldn't be, correct.

 

APIPA address

Hoping someone can help me with this. For background info, I'm fully aware of APIPA (169.254.x.x) addresses and what they are for.

I have a problem where they have been configured on network devices in a network I am doing an audit on. (I know that is wrong but there is nothing I can do about it) The problem.is that I cannot route to these addresses from my windows machine because of
this. When I try ping the addresses I get an error (If I recall it was "general error") I can ping everything else fine. If I use my Mac, I have the same issue but I can resolve it by removing the route it has in the route table for 169.254.0.0/16 then everything
works fine. I can't do this on my Windows machine because there is no route for 169.x in the route table. I have also tried various options of disabling APIPA in the registry but it doesn't seem to work.

Any help with this would be appreciated.

Thank you

 

Q6600 questions

you will never know, but i will say i got my 6600 from newegg and it was G0 stepping.

Depending on your setup a 6600 will hit in the mid 3GHz range. Mine runs stable at 3.4Ghz. Yea it will hit 3Ghz without a problem at all, however i would suggest somewhere around 3.2 as a safeguard against gpu bottlenecking.

If you are going to go higher than 2.8Ghz i would suggest an aftermarket cooler. Quads run very hot.

Oh a G0 stepping will say SLARK on it I lapped mine so i can't rememebr the correct spelling.