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

[Charles Lee]

On 12/01/2011 06:21 PM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> On 01/12/2011 01:13, Charles Lee wrote:
>>
>> 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.
It is definitely a behavior change in 2008 R2.

-- 
Yours Charles

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