Re: "Autoip"

[Derek Broughton <derek pointerstop ca>]

On Monday 13 November 2006 00:25, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 20:01 -0400, Derek Broughton wrote:
> > How do I prevent Network manager from doing this really annoying
> > pseudo-connection with IP 169.254.56.71
> >
> > NetworkManager: <information>^INo DHCP reply received.  Automatically
> > obtaining IP via Zeroconf.
> > NetworkManager: <information>^Iautoip: Sending probe #0 for IP address
> > 169.254.56.71.
> >
> > I suppose if you have no Internet connection but you do have a LAN, it
> > might have some value - but really, most LANs have a DHCP server.  When I
> > can't reach my DHCP server I don't WANT the system to think I'm network
> > connected.
>
> Why can't it reach your DHCP server, but yet you are connected just fine
> to your access point?  It seems the problem is that the DHCP server is
> not responding, not what NM does when it can't find your DHCP server.

It can't reach my DHCP server because I am wired to a WRT50G in client mode, 
wirelessly connected at great distance to my DHCP server and Internet 
connection.  When the weather's really bad, the wireless connection doesn't 
work.  Of course you're right that the problem is that my DHCP server isn't 
responding - but I want my system to act as if that's the same as no network 
connection, rather than configuring autoip.  It's not as if I can do anything 
at all with that IP address.  
-- 
derek