Odd firewall entries

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The firewall on my router (linksys wrt54gs) keeps blocking requests from IP 10.254.172.1 to the "bootpc" port on my pc (not heard of that). When i searched whois for info on that PC, i get the following :

OrgName: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
OrgID: IANA
Address: 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
City: Marina del Rey
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 90292-6695
Country: US

NetRange: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
CIDR: 10.0.0.0/8
NetName: RESERVED-10
NetHandle: NET-10-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: IANA Special Use
NameServer: BLACKHOLE-1.IANA.ORG
NameServer: BLACKHOLE-2.IANA.ORG
Comment: This block is reserved for special purposes.
Comment: Please see RFC 1918 for additional information.

How odd ?? What is the bootpc port ? is there any reason why this IP would be making constant attempts to access it ?
 
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