[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: extra ip route
terry
linux at cowtown.net
Mon Sep 15 07:49:11 CDT 2003
terry wrote:
>I'm wondering why I see an extra destination showing up in output of
route:
>==============
>Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
>Iface
>#################################################
>169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0
0 eth1
>=============
>
>So I look around a bit and I find:
>
>in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup:
>
># Add Zeroconf route.
>if [ -z "${NOZEROCONF}" -a "${ISALIAS}" = "no" ]; then
> ip route replace 169.254.0.0/16 dev ${REALDEVICE}
>fi
>========================
>and in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions-ipv6:
>
> # test 169.254.0.0/16 (APIPA / DHCP link local)
> /bin/ipcalc --network $testipv4addr_globalusable
>255.255.0.0 | LC_ALL=C grep -q "NETWORK=169\.254\.0\.0" && return 10
>=======================
>so, should I just comment out, or delete those lines. Is that what's
>making this extra destination for eth1? ...that I prolly don't need?
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After receiving no response, I commented out those lines and that seemed
to take care of it. But I was a bit curious as to how they got in there
in the first place?
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Registered Linux User #188099
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