Linux router question

[Gillion]

None of my SuSE, Debian or Kubuntu systems add a route when defaulting to apipa ... I can configure it to ... but then that wouldn't make sense would it.

[tech_guru]

None of my SuSE, Debian or Kubuntu systems add a route when defaulting to apipa ... I can configure it to ... but then that wouldn't make sense would it.

Can someone please recap what took place in this topic.
Im not getting the full 100.

[jamrock]

I found this doing some googling.

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor.../msg03576.html

Seems to be the norm on Red Hat distro since RH9. I don't have a Red Hat or CentOS installed right now, but I will do an install and let you know.

Ah yes...

I suspected that it was something like that. I wonder why they would put that there.

Thanks Juba.

Can someone please recap what took place in this topic.
Im not getting the full 100.

I have been working with Linux routers. I have noticed an unusual entry in my route table. 169. is normally associated with a nic that cannot contact a dhcp server. That entry is automatically added to my route table each time the machine boots up. This happens even though the nic's have static addresses.

I am comparing distros to see if the others have it also.

[jamrock]

Perhaps this 169.254.0.0 is some sort of standard. I see it in the routing table of my adsl modem. I have not made any changes here.

Any comments?

[leoandru]

maybe that address gets assigned to an interface under zeroconfig, ie can't get an address via dhcp. Think your modem just pick on the address and added it to the route table.

[pogi_2nr]

Perhaps this 169.254.0.0 is some sort of standard. I see it in the routing table of my adsl modem. I have not made any changes here.

Any comments?

lol I saw that route in my alcatel too, I guess its just there to catch all possible scenarios

I sent it to davey jones locker