Hmm, Do you have DHCP turned on somewhere? Isn't the "169.254.x.x" an autoconfiguration netblock specified by MS and others for DHCP when an address cannot be obtained? --Harry Quoting Robert Brown <eli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: *> Ricardo Mostalac writes: *> > Hello folks, I have a RedHat 9 installed in my *> > computer. This machine have the ip adress 192.168.0.1 *> > on eth0 (I have only one net card), but when execute *> > the "route" command I see two net adress on this eth0 *> > (192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 and *> > 169.254.0.0/255.255.0.0). I have some problems with *> > the file transfers between this computer and others in *> > the net and I think the problem is this two net adress *> > on the eth0. I try to delete the net 169.254.0.0 from *> > the ip routes: *> > *> > #route del -net 169.254.0.0 *> > *> > but the command respond with the error: this process *> > is not running.... etc., etc., etc..... *> > *> > How can fix this problem? *> *> I noticed the same thing, and I filed a bug report on it. That route *> is a goof caused by an imporper parsing of a file at boot time. You *> are right in trying to remove it. Here is what I put in my *> /etc/rc.d/rc.local file: *> *> # get rid of crap from stupid redhat network initialization bug! :-< *> route del -net 169.254.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 *> *> -- *> -------- "And there came a writing to him from Elijah" [2Ch 21:12] *> -------- *> R. J. Brown III rj@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.elilabs.com/~rj voice 859 *> 567-7311 *> Elijah Laboratories Inc. P. O. Box 166, Warsaw KY 41095 fax 859 *> 567-7311 *> ----- M o d e l i n g t h e M e t h o d s o f t h e M i n d *> ------ *> *> *> -- *> redhat-list mailing list *> unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe *> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list *> -- Harry Hoffman hhoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx #----------------------------------------------------------------# # Harry: version 4.0a # # Known bugs: # # 1) Verbal output may occur before data processing is complete. # # 2) Loudspeaker option may activate without being invoked. # # 3) Other bugs as reported # #----------------------------------------------------------------# ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IpSolutions: http://www.ip-solutions.net/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
