-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gene Heskett wrote: > > The 169 address is a red herring, that like 3 day old fish, should be > thrown out. Its a redhat/fedora artifact I believe, for what useage I > have no idea. All I know is its there on every fedora machine since about > FC3 or 4, my lappy FC5 has it, and it is not setup in any config file > anyplace. And it is not part of any network or subnet at that site. > > I think we're losing track of the real problem by being distracted by the > 169 address. We'd kill it if we knew how to do it. 169.254.0.0/16 address means that your client requested an IP and got no answer. It is on windows boxes too. It is an RFC standard for no response. I don't like it either. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFFF/WcmhoHI+w/WcRAmImAJ91KfU59wCDJfpDSgfpSp+lrhjYDwCgyNJQ nY/O+iPGefv4UO8b4EoshNY= =0UT0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
