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

[Chris Hegarty]

Charles,

I still don't get this issue. getLocalHost first retrieves the local 
host name of the system, then does a lookup in the configured name 
service for this name.

Is it possible for you to give detailed description of your machine 
setup/configuration and how you are encountering this issue? What is the 
actual local system name? Is this name resolvable in the configured name 
service ( DNS ) ?

Thanks,
-Chris.

On 12/ 2/11 07:45 AM, Charles Lee wrote:
> On 12/01/2011 06:46 PM, Chris Hegarty wrote:
>>
>> On 01/12/2011 10:21, 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?
>>
>> Yes, it would be nice to get the answer to this to understand if this
>> is a change in behavior in the most recent Windows versions, or if it
>> is a configuration issue.
>>
>> I'll run some tests too, to see if I can reproduce the issue.
>>
>> -Chris.
>>
>>>
>>> -Alan.
>>
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> The secondary NIC is a usb port, which is related to the rndis. The
> secondary result seems to appear at the first order in the return array.
>