Fedora "Netstat -rn" reports an extra entry "169.254.0.0 ...."

[Benno Goedhart]

Benno Goedhart wrote:
> Mike Hogsett wrote:
> 
>>>> I got an additional entry when I run “netstat –rn” on my fedora 
>>>> host, an “169.254.0.0 
” entry appears without being invited. I know 
>>>> that 169.254.0.0/16 is a private address block for some kind of 
>>>> special purposes, and it appears in “ifup” script, But my question 
>>>> is: what does this entry mean?  And How to get rid of it if it does 
>>>> nothing except bring security holes? Since it is routable now 
>>>> through my hosts’ exneral interface, ridicules..
>>>
>>>
>>> It means you have an additional network card, without an active 
>>> connection. The card tries to retrieve an IP address from a DHCP 
>>> server which is supposedly not present. Then this address will be 
>>> assigned to it.
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>>
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>> I don't think that is the case.  In my situation the machine has a single
>> network card, eth0, with static addressing, yet there is indeed the route
>> to 169.254/16 out eth0.  This is what the OP was questioning.

Let me rephrase that. I wasn't paying attention. You're right.