Stan Hoeppner wrote:
Wayne <linuxtwo@gmail.com> put forth on 12/30/2009 7:50 PM:169.254.213.81 every time I get it connected.A little IPv4 network education is in order: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3927 Your interface is auto self configuring a link local address because it is unable to contact a DHCP server. Please read the RFC to better understand the process. Your next step is to troubleshoot why your interface isn't able to contact a DHCP server.
Thanks for the link Stan. After reading that I went back and checked all of the packages I had installed/ Purged/removed in my efforts to get this working. I found that I had to reinstall dhcp3* which had been removed when I tried different network managers.
In addition I removed all of the IPv6 address in /etc/hosts. just in case.I no longer get an IP address, the MiFi fails to give me one. It, wicd, no longer crashes the system when I get that default IP address. So now I can concentrate on what is bothering the MiFi about giving me an IP.
Thanks much again. You helped narrow the possibilities, and that't helps a lot.
Best Regards Wayne Oh, and Happy New Year to you and yours.