From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ImVbp-0006HF-VX for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:28:54 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id l9TERSDB012401; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:27:28 GMT Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.192.82]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l9TENNk8008032 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:23:23 GMT Received: from spore.ath.cx ([24.245.14.14]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with ESMTP id <20071029142322m1200ic33qe>; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:23:22 +0000 Received: from pascal.spore.ath.cx (pascal.spore.ath.cx [192.168.1.100]) by spore.ath.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ECE34410 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:23:18 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:23:17 -0500 From: Dan Farrell To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] eth0 fallback configuration is ignored Message-ID: <20071029092317.2710e353@pascal.spore.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <200710290752.04830.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <1193485720.5963.5.camel@omc-2.omesc.com> <200710281219.15353.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20071028101529.020f2c98@pascal.spore.ath.cx> <200710290752.04830.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Organization: Spore, Ltd. X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 1e29f1f3-91db-4f89-b718-4c12ffb3fee9 X-Archives-Hash: 33197141517bacb29430799ad96dfc51 On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:51:52 +0000 Mick wrote: > 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 don't know, but as soon as you find out, let me know, OK? You could probably also set up a cron job to check every few seconds if the IP address is an APIPA address, and if it is, send out some sort of query to see if DHCP will work. > > I was also wondering what kind of useful purpose this would serve. > > I am guessing that it would be enough for a network on one broadcast > > domain, if there is no need for any routing information. > > I am guessing that it is a way of getting two computers talking to > each other when they find themselves connected, but without a router? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list