InetAddress.getLocalHost() returns APIPA/link-local address in a Windows 2008 SP2 or later version Windows OS with multiple-NICs.

[Alan Bateman]

On 01/12/2011 01:13, Charles Lee wrote:
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> Yes. In the customer scenario, the return value is 169.254.*.*/16 address.
Sorry for all the questions but I'm still scratching my head as to how 
the lookup of the current host's name ends up with a list that includes 
these addresses. Is it definitely a behavior change in 2008 R2 or is it 
possible that the customer has configured the hosts file this way?

-Alan.
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