On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 11:22 AM Geert Stappers <stapp...@stappers.nl> wrote: > > Having installed package openvswitch-switch and doing `ip route` I do get > > 169.254.0.0/16 dev ovs-system scope link src 169.254.201.7 metric 1004
Those are called "APIPA's". Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA). The host parts are randomly generated by the host when a DHCP server cannot be contacted for a DHCP address. It is an ad-hoc networking so hosts on the same local LAN can talk to one another when Mom and Pop don't know how to architect a local LAN and setup the necessary servers. > What can be done to prevent that "zeroconf" Ensure your DHCP server is available. Jeff
