tarvid wrote: > On Monday 03 February 2003 07:54 am, Buchan Milne wrote: > >>I see this now, don't know when it changed: >>[bgmilne@bgmilne bgmilne]$ /sbin/route|grep 169 >>169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 >>eth0 >> > > That is the network Windows uses when DHCP fails.
aka "Auto-configuration IP address" (which you will see windows calls it if you do 'ipconfig /all' on an nt/2k/xp box, winipcfg for the toy versions). But the question is, what do we need to do to get *real* things working with this (and ping doesn't count). Also, might this not be a security concern, having such a route available by default? Should it not only be created if the card is configured for when the card is configured for dhcp and it hasn't leased an IP (which AFAIK is the windows behaviour). Regards, Buchan -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
