On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 08:47 +1100, Paul Trevethan wrote:
Running a brand new install of v9.2 (very impressed BTW) with a Win2000 box and this Linux box running peer to peer through a Linksys adsl router. I have a strange (to me) entry in my Route Table that has me perplexed. Here is the result of 'route -n' and 'ifconfig':
route -n:
Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.100.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
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What I have no clue about is the entry in the route table of 169.254.0.0? I have no idea how it got there, whether it should be there, whether it suggests a breakin??? I've never had an 'external' address like that turn up in here in prior installs.
I have the same entry - similar setup, thru a D-Link wireless ADSL router. Output of whois: OrgName: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority OrgID: IANA Address: 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 City: Marina del Rey StateProv: CA PostalCode: 90292-6695 Country: US NetRange: 169.254.0.0 - 169.254.255.255 CIDR: 169.254.0.0/16 NetName: LINKLOCAL NetHandle: NET-169-254-0-0-1 Parent: NET-169-0-0-0-0 NetType: IANA Special Use NameServer: BLACKHOLE-1.IANA.ORG NameServer: BLACKHOLE-2.IANA.ORG Comment: Please see RFC 3330 for additional information. RegDate: 1998-01-27 Updated: 2002-10-14 OrgAbuseHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number OrgAbusePhone: +1-310-301-5820 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@iana.org OrgTechHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN OrgTechName: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number OrgTechPhone: +1-310-301-5820 OrgTechEmail: abuse@iana.org # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2004-11-01 19:10 # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database. I have no idea about this either, but it looks inocuous (and official) to me! David -- Registered Linux User No 207521 The Linux Counter: http://counter.li.org/ "The above is my personal opinion and does not necessarily reflect that of the little voices in my head."