Re: CentOS 5 loses ip address (newbie question)

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John R Pierce wrote:
frankly3d-centos wrote:
Reserved ip in 192.168.x.x range for CenOS 5 (Samba Server)

loses samba clients due to eth0 losing it's ip.



eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:61:72:AB:98 inet addr:169.254.66.122 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
....


whack, 169.254.x.x is the 'auto-IP' range of self assigned IPs used if a system can't reach the DHCP server. I wasn't aware Linux did this, I've only seen it on MS Windows.

It is called zeroconf and can be turned off, but is on by default (in most linux distros and M$ Windows).

All you ever wanted to know about zeroconf:
http://www.zeroconf.org/

How to disable it (if you prefer):
http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Hardening_RHEL_3_(Taroon).html

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes

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