Hi Max, On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 11:48:35PM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > There was a thread several months ago with discussion of link local > 169.254.x.y addresses.
$ notmuch count 'from:ghesk...@shentel.net (body:"169.254" or body:"avahi")' 110 i.e. in the last 4 years I have 110 emails from Gene that feature the string "169.254" or "avahi". They are all from this mailing list. Avahi is one of Gene's bogeymen. It has been explained to Gene many times why he ends up with these link-local addresses, and what (if anything) to do about it. It is chiefly to do with Gene's use of Armbian (which isn't Debian, so is off-topic here) and it being configured to use DHCP by default. There is unlikely to be anything you can say to Gene about IPv4 link-local addresses that has not already been said to him multiple times. This conversation will likely happen again next time Gene feels we are due a rant about Avahi, and as here, it will probably start to hijack someone else's thread. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting