[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: extra ip route

[Thomas Cameron]

Do a Google search for APIPA - Automatic Private IP Addressing.  It's a
Microsoft-ish thing.
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Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
Cameron Technical Services, Inc.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "terry" <linux at cowtown.net>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 7:49 AM
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Re: extra ip route


> terry wrote:
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>   >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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