To me that seems like something that is being done by the usb connection. Is it possible the usb is disrupting the cat5 connection?
On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 8:55 AM, <selsin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 07/02/14 02:51, hacktorious wrote: > > > Why on earth is my BBB obtaining an ip from an external source when > > connected via eth0??? > > It's not. It's providing it's own address. You likely want it to get an > address from an external source - the DHCP server on your router.. > > > Internally dhcp is distributing 192.168 something, but the BBB is getting > > 169. something. I'm not able to get internet access from the BBB, but > if I > > visit the ip address I can see my BBB's website........ WTF????? This is > > total insanity!!! > > 169.254.x.x are IPv4 link-local autoconfigured addresses. i.e. the BBB > didn't get a DHCP response and picked a random 169.254.x.x address itself > instead. > It should still broadcast for DHCP, so if your DHCP server ever starts > handing out addresses it should pick one up and start working. > > See http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3927 for an explanation of IPv4 link > local > addresses. > > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/XmuVWcAERpU/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Scott A. Macri Senior Software Engineer The RoRing Rage <http://www.ScottMacri.com> (571) 234-1581 -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
