Re: eth0 fallback configuration is ignored

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eth0 fallback configuration is ignored
\ Jules Colding (27 Oct 2007)
. \ Iain Buchanan (27 Oct 2007)
. . \ Jules Colding (27 Oct 2007)
. . \ Dan Farrell (27 Oct 2007)
. . . \ Mick (28 Oct 2007)
. . . . \ Dan Farrell (28 Oct 2007)
. . . . . \ Mick (29 Oct 2007)
. . . . . . \ Dan Farrell (29 Oct 2007)
. . . . . . \ Mark Shields (30 Oct 2007)
. . . . . . . \ Mick (30 Oct 2007)

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Subject:	Re: eth0 fallback configuration is ignored
Group:	Gentoo-user
From:	Mick
Date:	30 Oct 2007

On Tuesday 30 October 2007, Mark Shields wrote:
> On 10/29/07, Mick <michaelkintzios> wrote:
> > On Sunday 28 October 2007, Dan Farrell wrote:
> > > On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:19:13 +0000
> > >
> > > Mick <michaelkintzios> wrote:
> > > > On Saturday 27 October 2007, Dan Farrell wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:58:11 +0930
> > > > >
> > > > > Iain Buchanan <iaindb> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > This behaviour is called APIPA (Automatic PRivate IP Addressing)
> > > > > (from /etc/conf.d/net.example):
> > > > > # APIPA is a module that tries to find a free address in the range
> > > > > # Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
> > > > > # use APIPA to find a free address in the range
> > > > > # 169.254.0.0-169.254.255.255
> > > > >
> > > > > It provides DHCP-like functionality without a DHCP server. Pretty
> > > > > useless, unless you use it to configure all your IPs or a route for
> > > > > that subnet.
> > > >
> > > > Even worse, if your DHCP server comes up later, your PC will still
> > > > hold on to APIPA - not sure how this feature can be of any use to be
> > > > honest, but most devices these days from MS Windows to PDAs tend to
> > > > behave like this.
> >
> > Let me correct myself here: my Gentoo boxen behave like this. A WinXP
> > that I
> > tested for this purpose does not. It comes up with the APIPA address and
> > when a router becomes available in the network later on, it readily
> > obtains a
> > dhcp address and drops the APIPA. Any idea how to configure Gentoo to do
> > the
> > same?
>
> I think ifplugd does this.

Not on my laptop . . . :(
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Regards,
Mick