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 -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany PGP key valid: made 13.07.1999 PGP fingerprint: 2307 88FD 2D41 038E 7416 14CD E197 6E88 ED69 5653
