[NBLUG/talk] Samba running slow...

[Eric Eisenhart]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:08:51AM -0700, Eric Eisenhart wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 09:46:42AM -0700, Mark Street wrote:
> > Where does the 169.254. network come from????
> 
> 169.254.0.0/16 is the "link local" reserved IP block.

To follow up on my own post:
Mark: Ignore the 169.254.0.0/16 route table entry.  It's just a distracting
red herring trying to pull you onto the wrong trail.

(Given 169.254/16's special purpose, non-routable nature and potential
automatic usage, that routing table entry is precisely correct.  Any device
in that network would need to be reached directly (not via a router) and
would respond back directly to your configured IP.  Also, I see that RH9
just does that now.)
-- 
Eric Eisenhart
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The North Bay Linux Users Group
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