Just installed Etch from the RC1 net install CD. Did standard install, updated everything to the latest etch packages from the Debian repository, and then installed xorg + kde. Everything *works fine*, but something is different about the network configuration that I don't understand, and hoping someone can explain what I'm seeing. I didn't change anything in the network configuration - just left it as set up by default.
I have a simple LAN behind a router that assigns IP addresses with DHCP. I'm using 192.168.2.X as the local subnet, so normally a system on the LAN will get an IP address such as 192.168.2.155 or 192.168.2.156 etc. But on this new install of etch, when I run ifconfig I'm getting this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /sbin/ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:20:F3:7A:03 inet addr:169.254.128.152 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 inet6 addr: fe80::213:20ff:fef3:7a03/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:583 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:433 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:276931 (270.4 KiB) TX bytes:46680 (45.5 KiB) Note the strange IP address. The leases file in /var/lib/dhcp3 does show that the IP address assigned is in the expected range (192.168.2.199), and I can ping that IP from other systems etc. Again, everything looks and works normally excecpt for the strange IP address. Just hoping someone can explain or provide a link to some information - thanks...(maybe this is related to IPv6 ?) Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]