[GTALUG] 2 networks under ip (iproute2)

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 07:54:40AM -0500, James Knott wrote:
> 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.

I second that.  Link local addresses are not to be routed, and any sane
tool will prevent you from doing so.

ifconfig is NOT a sane tool these days.

Fix the network config so the HDHomeRun gets a real address.

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Len Sorensen