unexpected entry in routing table...

[inetd]

After booting or restarting eth1, I got the following entry in the routing table:


169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1


What generate the entry?
How can I configue it so that this entry wouldn't be created?

I am using RH9.

Thanks.

 

[usige]

My understanding is this has something to do with zeroconfig networking. This is what allows Win 2000+ and Mac OSX boxes to be configured in a network with no ip setup or dhcp servers. It is intended for seting up a small network with little knowledge of how networks work. Just plug a crossover cable between two systems and, bang, instant network.

To disable this change your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* file to include the line:

NOZEROCONF='yes'

Hope that helps.

 

[inetd]

It works! Thanks usige.

And where can I find the information of configuration parameters in these configuration files: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth*, /etc/sysconfig/network, etc?


Thanks again.

 

[danielhozac]

/usr/share/doc/initscripts-`rpm -q --queryformat '%{version}' initscripts`/sysconfig.txt

contains documentation for all the files in

/etc/sysconfig

on my systems.

//Daniel