John R Pierce wrote:
frankly3d-centos wrote:Reserved ip in 192.168.x.x range for CenOS 5 (Samba Server)loses samba clients due to eth0 losing it's ip.eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:61:72:AB:98 inet addr:169.254.66.122 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0....whack, 169.254.x.x is the 'auto-IP' range of self assigned IPs used if a system can't reach the DHCP server. I wasn't aware Linux did this, I've only seen it on MS Windows.
It is called zeroconf and can be turned off, but is on by default (in most linux distros and M$ Windows).
All you ever wanted to know about zeroconf: http://www.zeroconf.org/ How to disable it (if you prefer): http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Hardening_RHEL_3_(Taroon).html Thanks, Johnny Hughes
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