On 7 Jul 2002, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-07-07 at 15:43, Michael Sternberg wrote:
> >
> > Is it advisable in case of such failure to start computer with a random
> > static IP and continue to look for DHCP server in background ?
> > This way the boot process will be at least continued..
>
> Choosing addresses at random is verbotten and will get your BOfH to come
> chase you around the office with a big LART. You already have a local
> loopback address (127.0.0.1) it should be enough provided you have a
> /etc/hosts file that maps that to your machine name.
So you think that when dhcpcd fails the system (the script running it)
should rewrite /etc/hosts to map the host name to 127.0.0.1 ? Is this done
anywhere?
What is 169.254.0.0/16 ?
$ whois 169.254.0.0
IANA (NETBLK-LINKLOCAL)
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695
US
Netname: LINKLOCAL
Netblock: 169.254.0.0 - 169.254.255.255
Coordinator:
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (IANA-ARIN) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(310) 823-9358
Domain System inverse mapping provided by:
BLACKHOLE-1.IANA.ORG 192.0.32.18
BLACKHOLE-2.IANA.ORG 192.0.32.19
This is used by windows (>=98 ?)
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