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Chadley Wilson wrote:
Greetings,
Anyone know what link-local is in this routing table? I swear I never added it.
My config has two lan cards that I intend to use as a router between two networks.
chadlin:~ # route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 196.25.100.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo chadlin:~ #
Link-local is a method of automatically obtaining an IP address for peer computers, without using dhcp. It's currently available on Windows and Macs. There is a specific address range reserved for this. One condition of using these addresses, is that they're not to be routed to the internet, which gives me concern about the lines included in the quote above. Assuming you're connected with a "real" IP, you've got both that address and the link-local, on the same NIC. My understanding, is that Linux isn't quite there yet, regarding using link-local.