[GTALUG] 2 networks under ip (iproute2)

James Knott james.knott at rogers.com
Fri Feb 27 12:54:40 UTC 2015


On 02/27/2015 02:21 AM, Walter Dnes wrote:
> ip route add 169.254.0.0/16 via 192.168.123.254


The 169.254.0.0 range is not supposed to be routed.  Why are you
forwarding to your router?  Why are you even using it?  Can that tuner
not obtain an address via DHCP?  That 169.254.0.0 network is intended
for peer to peer use, when DHCP fails.


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