On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 22:47 +0200, W. Martin Borgert wrote: > Is this a limitation of > the Internet Protocol, Linux, network manager, or NM applet? (Or > a limitation on my understanding of things?)
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3927.txt Says about link-local IPv4 adresses: IPv4 Link-Local addresses are not suitable for communication with devices not directly connected to the same physical (or logical) link.. So it boils down to: 169.254.0.0/16 should not be routed - hence the name "link local". While possibly technically feasible, you might find rather strange side effects. What is it that you are trying to do? Maybe an unnumbered Interface or a "private IP" subnet might just do it? regards Marc _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
