Re: Cannot apply network settings unless I reboot

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>]

On Dec 30, 2006, at 5:28 AM, Jack Malmostoso wrote:

> vasquez:~# route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref     
> Use
> Iface 169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     0      0
>  0 eth0
>
> vasquez:~# cat /etc/resolv.conf
> # generated by NetworkManager, do not edit!
>
> WTF? What is that IP address?
>
> Thanks to anyone who could give me advice on this, I am really  
> going nuts.
> Btw, happy new year everyone :)


I *think* (could google it, but I'm lazy) the funny IP address,  
"169.254.0.0", is one of the reserved addresses that can be used if  
DHCP is otherwise unable to determine the network configuration.   
I've seen it before.

Hope it helps.

Happy Solstice

Rick