On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 02:32:21PM +0800, manny wrote: > I posted this before but I guess it got lost in the traffic, so here goes. > > Has anyone ever noticed this? When you start networking in RH 9.0 > (# service network restart), and then run the route command, you end up > with a route like this: > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > 169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > <snip!> > > Apparenltly, the network 169.254.0.0 is owned by IANA. This route is > always set on RH 9 whenever networking starts, but I've been able to > delete the route and do my regular business without any problems. What's > the route for? Is it a bug?
169.254.0.0/16 is the official IETF network for hosts that are configured to use DHCP but could not contact a DHCP server. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
