On Mon February 18 2008, Ric Moore wrote: > My eth0 interface keeps injecting this IP address > whois 169.254.136.49 > [Querying whois.arin.net] > [whois.arin.net] > > OrgName: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority > OrgID: IANA > Address: 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 > City: Marina del Rey > StateProv: CA > PostalCode: 90292-6695 > Country: US > > I have my modem (ppp0) set to use dhcp and my ethernet card set to > static IP: 192.168.1.101, using network manager, but the SOB keeps > reverting eth0 back to 169.254.136.49. What's with that??? > > I have no clue, but it's annoying as all hell because I have a local net > with drive mounts to and from my other machines. Looks like some > hand-edits are in order. Best suggestions? Ric Forget that lookup you did. 169.254........ addresses are link-local addresses used by zeroconf to assign an address when the device is set to use DHCP to get an address, but no DHCP server is available. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address I can't speak to your setup, but, it sounds like your DHCP server is not coming up before your card is attempting to be assigned an address. -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA
