On Thursday 11 September 2008 00:30:29 Norberto Bensa wrote: > Quoting Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I keep getting this Class B subnet 169.254.0.0 in my routing table on my > > laptop and I'm not sure why this is happening (for some months now). > > perhaps you have zeroconf in USE (?)
There's a few more things to check, if APIPA annoys: Presence of avahi, zerconf and/or mdnsresponder USE flags. Avahi or mDNSResponder installed and running. APIPA addresses are mostly harmless, it's just another IP address assigned to an interface after the software is certain no other machine on the network is using it. Some automagic configurations are cause for concern, but this is not one of them. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
