On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 12:28:24 +1300, Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That ipv6 is a funny one though, did you run lsmod before and after > running route -n? Because the line > > 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > > is for the ipv6 lo interface one. You can see that with > route -A inet6 -n The 169.254.0.0 network is what Microsoft call APIPA (Automatic Private IP Addressing). If you don't have a DHCP server on your network and you don't have a static IP address, then you will be randomly assigned an address in that subnet. I have re-enabled IPv6 (to fix postfix) and added some local hosts to /etc/hosts. Everything seems to be working. If this mDNS thing is going to get more common, then I guess I will have to rename my domain some time :-( > Btw it's a good idea to configure the firewall on every machine. It's one > more level of control and it's cheap in both runtime and setup. I intend to do that next. -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message **
