The <span>169.254.x.x is a local-link address that is assigned to an interface when no</span> IP address becomes available more <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address">here</a>, hence i am not sure the iPad and the Laptop are both using the Router.<br>

<br>R<br><br>D <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Simon Mbuthia <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:simon.mbuthia@gmail.com">simon.mbuthia@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

<font face="tahoma,sans-serif">Yes Tony,</font><div><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">Habari ya siku mob? I think you haven&#39;t understood my question. There is no router but the connection exists. How is that? Now that is my question<br>



</font><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 8 November 2011 14:30, Tony Gacheru <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:tonygacheru@gmail.com" target="_blank">tonygacheru@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></div>

</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">

<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Would only work if there is a router on the network that has both routes in its routing table. Key word here is ROUTER.<u></u><u></u></span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> <a href="mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Simon Mbuthia<br>



<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 08, 2011 2:27 PM<br><b>To:</b> Skunkworks forum<br><b>Subject:</b> [Skunkworks] Something about wireless<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>



<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Hey geeks,</span><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span>I have a question. There is something that I do not understand about how wireless technology works. I have an iPad and a laptop with me. I have setup an ad hoc wireless network/hotspot so that I can access the web using the iPad. The wireless adapter&#39;s IP address is 192.168.0.1, while the one for the iPad is 169.254.x.x</span><u></u><u></u></p>



</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span>What I seek to understand is how these two devices are able to communicate while being in different subnets - that is, how is the routing between <a href="http://192.168.0.0/24" target="_blank">192.168.0.0/24</a> and <a href="http://169.254.0.0/16" target="_blank">169.254.0.0/16</a> done?</span><u></u><u></u></p>



</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Curious me.</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div>

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