Re: samba, nfs, ipaddress problem. [solved]

["Dan L." <layman@straitsarea.com>]

On Sunday 26 March 2006 10:06 pm, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:35:41 -0500
> "Dan L." <layman@straitsarea.com> wrote:
> [...]
>
> > Now! /etc/network/interfaces is still the same as before, except running
> > ifconfig gives this output
> >
> > __________________________________
> > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0D:87:D1:11:CC
> >           inet addr:169.254.223.155  Bcast:0.0.0.0  Mask:255.255.0.0
> >           UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> >           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> >           Interrupt:177 Base address:0xe800
> > ___________________________________________
> >
> > I have no idea where that ip address is coming from, but client
> > 192.68.1.200 is now not seeing the host, which is supposed to be
> > 192.68.1.100 but is now 169.254.223.155 for whatever reason.  Running
> > ifdown eth0, then ifup eth0 gives this error
>
> this has come up a lot lately. It looks like you have inadvertantly
> installed zeroconf. purge that puppy and you should be alright. (I'm
> reporting this second hand as I've not encountered this issue, but it looks
> to me like that's your problem).
>
> A

So, I am in denial, I go look at my .bash_history file, and look what i find.

apt-get install zeroconf

Thanks for the help, that fixed it.  :)

Dan L.