Am Mo, den 12.01.2004 schrieb Dexter Ang um 06:45: > On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 11:53, Alexander Dalloz wrote: [ snip ] > > 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 > > OK thanks! That's nice to know. I guess all I have to do is set the > static IP upon boot with ifconfig. Would there be any possibility of > doing this automatically? Will this route work even though eth0 isn't > up? > > dex What do you mean by "set the static IP upon boot with ifconfig"? All real devices should be set up properly with a configuration file like /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. No need to do that manually. The APIPA will of course only be set if there is at least one (real) device, like eth0. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany PGP key valid: made 13.07.1999 PGP fingerprint: 2307 88FD 2D41 038E 7416 14CD E197 6E88 ED69 5653
