Route to 169.254.0.0 - needed ?
Ed Greshko
Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Sat Jan 5 00:45:33 UTC 2008
lanas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Looking at the routes after an install of Fedora Core 6 isee that
> there's a route to 169.254.0.0 that's defined (some info removed from
> table):
>
> 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U eth0
> 169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U eth0
> default myhost.site 0.0.0.0 UG eth0
>
> There's a router/gateway at 192.168.1.1 that is used for the
> internet. I don't see the purpose of the 169.254.0.0 route. Anyone
> know why it is defined and for what purposes ?
Have a read at....
http://www.zeroconf.org/
and then...
http://www.redhat.com/magazine/010aug05/departments/tips_tricks/
for removal hints....
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