[WBEL-users] Block IP Address

[Richard Swift]

Worked like a charm, Thanks Toby.


Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt
Iface
24.98.134.251   -               255.255.255.255 !H        - -          - -
192.168.2.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth0
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U         0 0          0 lo
0.0.0.0         192.168.2.1     0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 eth0



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>>
>> From: "Richard Swift" <rs@swift-technologies.net>
>> Date: 2004/05/02 Sun AM 10:52:10 EDT
>> To: whitebox-users@beau.org
>> Subject: [WBEL-users] Block IP Address
>>
>> Below are the results I got from a netstat -rn.  I'm a bit concerned
>> with
>> the 169.254.0.0 ip addres shown, I have no idea why it's there.  Any
>> ideas?
>>
>> [tOeJaM@LinuxServer]# netstat -rn
>> Kernel IP routing table
>> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt
>> Iface
>> 192.168.2.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0
>> eth0
>> 169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0
>> eth0
>> 127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U         0 0          0
>> lo
>> 0.0.0.0         192.168.2.1     0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0
>> eth0
>>
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> That's zeroconf. It's for dhcp clients to setup resonable, unique IPs when
> no dhcp server exists. Typically on a home network when no one cares what
> the IPs really are, just so long the hosts find each other.
>
>
> NOZEROCONF=yes
>
> in /etc/sysconfig/network will disable it.
>
>
> -Toby
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