From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 30/12/2025 00:40, Jim Diamond wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-28 at 23:51 AST, Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 23:14:09 -0400, Jim Diamond wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> No, the Pi thought two IPs were associated with the one and only   
   >>> wifi card.   
   >>   
   >> Just a note that this itself is not an error; the Pi doesn’t *think*   
   >> the interface has two IPs, it *knows*, because it was configured that   
   >> way.   
   >   
   > OK... If we want to be really careful with our English, I suppose we should   
   > say "The Pi associated two IPv4 addresses with the one and only WiFi card."   
   >   
   Well that depends on what constitutes the 'Pi'' Its software did the   
   association, not the Pi...   
      
   > Not running any AI on my Pi, I don't think it knows or thinks anything.  ;-)   
   >   
   You never know, with Heffalumps   
      
   >> There are legitimate uses for this sort of thing, even though it   
   >> was not a deliberate setup in your case.   
   >   
   > Quite true, I have used it once or twice in the past myself.  (Why I did it   
   > is now lost in the depths of time.)   
   >   
   Handy way to talk to an unconfigured router on some random default address.   
      
   >                                  Jim   
      
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