2 Feb
2008
2 Feb
'08
12:53 a.m.
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.