On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 13:14 -0600, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > On Feb 18, 2008 9:00 AM, Ric Moore <wayward4now@xxxxxxxxx> 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 > > I had this happen to me in FC6. It happened at a very crucial time for > me, and I was so pissed I turned it off and never bothered with it > again -- so it's partly my fault as I didn't file a bug. > > It basically ignored the IP it got via DHCP, and set it's own > 169.*.*.* IP, quite possibly exactly the one you mentioned. There were > no associated error messages, I only noticed this was what was > happening through useful messages to /var/log/messages. I have the modem set up to use DHCP, but eth0 was supposed to be static as are the rest of the machines on my localnet all connected to a little hub. I still have no clue why it shifted gears like that. Like you, first looking at the logfile then ifconfig kept showing the bogus IP address. Thanks, Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
