Fedora and APIPA 169.254.x.x

[Mike Klinke]

On Sunday 11 January 2004 06:46, Dexter Ang wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I was just wondering if there is any way to configure Fedora and/or
> RH9 to act a little like Windows. You see I configured my eth0 to
> automatically get IP address via DHCP. For Windows, if it is unable
> to get any IP, it automatically assigns it a 169.254.x.x address
> (known as APIPA, Automatic Private IP Address). I would love to
> know if this is possible with Fedora. This would be useful for
> whenever I want to connect to a Windows machine without the benefit
> of a DHCP, and without the headaches of having to restart the Win
> machine upon setting a static IP address. So, anything to install
> (ie zeroconf, etc.), or maybe a configuration file to at least
> allow an "alternate" IP address if I don't get one from a DHCP
> server?
>
> dex

This is already the default. If you just installed Fedora, issue 
"route" at the command line and it should show you it's already 
configured.  Unlike Windows though, it will be there whether or not 
your DHCP succeeded in getting a valid address.

Regards,  Mike Klinke