Re: 169.254.0.0/16 route in routing tables???

[MKlinke <mklinke axsi com>]

We had a bit of a discussion on that a couple of weeks ago with someone 
who had a similar problem. If I remember correctly, the person with the 
problem finally did make it go away ..

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=105225236600001&r=1&w=2

It seems RH9 has implemented this now see:

www.zeroconf.org

Regards,  Mike Klinke


On Tuesday 20 May 2003 19:10, David Vernon wrote:
> I have an "out of the box" but 'up2date' redhat 9 box that keeps
> getting a route for the 169.254.0.0 network in its tables.  I have no
> interface on that network. Any idea how this route might be getting
> in the tables?
>
>
> This is a dig on that network. I don't use ATT as an ISP.
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> 254.169.in-addr.arpa soa
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 51151
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL:
> 2
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;254.169.in-addr.arpa.          IN      SOA
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> 254.169.in-addr.arpa.   604800  IN      SOA    
> xbru.br.ns.els-gms.att.net. rm-hostmaster.ems.att.com. 1 1800 900
> 604800 604800
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> 254.169.in-addr.arpa.   604800  IN      NS      blackhole-1.iana.org.
> 254.169.in-addr.arpa.   604800  IN      NS      blackhole-2.iana.org.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> blackhole-1.iana.org.   630     IN      A       192.175.48.6
> blackhole-2.iana.org.   630     IN      A       192.175.48.42
>
> ;; Query time: 127 msec
> ;; SERVER: 168.147.236.18#53(168.147.236.18)
> ;; WHEN: Tue May 20 11:08:42 2003
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 237