On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 07:34 -0500, James Knott wrote: > jdd wrote: > > Hello :-)) > > > > Any time networkmanager fail to find a dhcp server (for example if > > there are none available :-)) it gives me the IP 169.254.16.90 > > > > shouldn't it continue searching (may be the server is just rebooting) > > and from where do this IP come?? (I have no idea, never used such one > > and nslookup dont give anything) > > > > That's a "link local" address. The idea is you can connect two > computers together, without benefit of a DHCP server or manual > configuration. The 169.254.x.x range is supposed to be blocked by > routers, so you should never see one of those addresses on the > internet. Windows and Mac systems do it too. > "supposed to be" is indeed the right phrase ;-( I found out on several machines that with network manager enabled i got such address, and with traditional method i was able to obtain an address from my dhcp server. Switching back to networkmanager my suse machines were no longer able to get an address from the dhcp-server.
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