Fedora and APIPA 169.254.x.x

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am So, den 11.01.2004 schrieb Dexter Ang um 13:46:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I was just wondering if there is any way to configure Fedora and/or RH9
> to act a little like Windows. You see I configured my eth0 to
> automatically get IP address via DHCP. For Windows, if it is unable to
> get any IP, it automatically assigns it a 169.254.x.x address (known as
> APIPA, Automatic Private IP Address). I would love to know if this is
> possible with Fedora. This would be useful for whenever I want to
> connect to a Windows machine without the benefit of a DHCP, and without
> the headaches of having to restart the Win machine upon setting a static
> IP address. So, anything to install (ie zeroconf, etc.), or maybe a
> configuration file to at least allow an "alternate" IP address if I
> don't get one from a DHCP server?
> 
> dex

If you do not disable it - by setting NOZEROCONF=yes in
/etc/sysconfig/network - then Redhat 9 and Fedora Core 1 are setting a
route to 169.254.0.0/16. This should be enough to find other machines in
the same net.

Alexander


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