Re: Networking probs after system restore
On Monday 11 September 2006 23:46, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> johnohagan@iprimus.com.au wrote:
> > - Wired ethernet is claimed to be connected, sometimes reporting
> > a 169.* ip address, in which case pinging the router fails, or a 192.*
> > address,
>
> Would that be a 169.254.x.x address? Purge the zeroconf package if you
> have it installed.
>
[...]
Thanks Andrei; but I should have mentioned that I had already checked for
zeroconf, having read about the problems it can cause. The above odd address
is auto-assigned by NetworkManager when it can"t get one from DHCP.
Regards,
John
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