On Friday, 26.01.2007 at 11:08 -0500, Tom Pfeifer wrote: > tompfr@etch:~$ /sbin/ifconfig > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:20:F3:7A:03 > inet addr:169.254.128.152 Bcast:169.254.255.255 > Mask:255.255.0.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::213:20ff:fef3:7a03/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:583 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:433 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:276931 (270.4 KiB) TX bytes:46680 (45.5 KiB) That's very strange: the 169.254.x.x addresses I've seen in Windows: a Windows PC will give itself an address in that range if it has no hardcoded IP address and can't find the DHCP server. Never seen it appear on *nix before, though... Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - davee@sungate.co.uk - jabber: davee@jabber.org All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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