On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 16:53 -0800, 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
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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 threw me for a loop first time I ever saw it. Especially when (for a brief moment IIRC) that *and* my IP was assigned to the same device.
I guess that means the OP should check the logs for the DISCOVER... messages to see what is going on. He'll probably see the OFFERED rejected somewhere?
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