toxaq Posted October 25, 2003 Report Share Posted October 25, 2003 Hello, I've recently installed an adsl wireless router which also acts as a DHCP server. However I've had a problem with one of my linux boxes when I got eth0:9 configured with the IP address 169.254.119.126 and no plain eth0 configured after startup one time.... Since I don't want to have to answer questions from my flatmates about why they can't access the internet ( because there is no local network if this happens), I'd love to solve this. Looking at the logs shows that zcip installed this, which is the zeroconf binary. I figure since I'm running this box as a DHCP client I don't need zeroconf so I can just uninstall it? Anyone any wiser? Thanks in advance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest emetib Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 i know when i don't have an actual signal, i will then get the eth0:9. i would check your cables, i know it sounds stupid, but give it a shot anyhow. or you could unplug your router and then let it find your box, since your box is sending out a dhcp request, then do the network configure again. cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxaq Posted October 31, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Thanks for the reply emetib. I think the problem is this PC is attached to a wireless bridge by a CAT5 cable but sometimes the signal goes down for the bridge and when this happens during login to the machine it gets screwed up. However zeroconf does a terrible job of doing nothing and sets up a dodgy 'network adaptor', eth0:9... it even adds a non-local IP address. I don't really feel like learning more about another technology so I'd like to just uninstall it as I'm already running a DHCP network... Guess I'll just suck it and see. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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