James Knott wrote:
I just tried an experiment to see if a pair of computers, running openSUSE, could connect via IPv4 link local addresses. In Windows, when DHCP fails, it reverts to a link local address in the 169.254.0.0/16 range. This makes it possible to connect two computers with just an Ethernet cable or ad hoc WiFi connection. However, I've found that openSUSE does not do this, though IPv6 link local works. Any idea why reverting to IPv4 link local was not implemented?
It was and is. On 13.2, the LINKLOCAL_INTERFACES setting in /etc/sysconfig/network/config seems to be gone - in previous versions it looked like this: ## Type: string ## Default: "eth*[0-9]|tr*[0-9]|wlan[0-9]|ath[0-9]" # # Automatically add a linklocal route to the matching interfaces. # This string is used in a bash "case" statement, so it may contain # '*', '[', ']' and '|' meta-characters. # LINKLOCAL_INTERFACES="eth*[0-9]|tr*[0-9]|wlan[0-9]|ath[0-9]" For one thing, it would need updating to work with the bizarro interface names, but the equivalent must be present in wicked somewhere. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (5.9°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - dedicated server rental in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org