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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 252 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080204/d4039187/attachment-0005.sig>