New feature: zeroconf networking by default, please test

Mikael Eriksson mikael_miffe_eriksson at yahoo.se
Thu Dec 14 01:42:35 GMT 2006


On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 04:36:50PM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> Yesterday, the remaining bits of the "Zero-configuration networking"
> specification made their way to the archive and await hordes of fans,
> happy users, and of course, bug reports.
> 
> The basic idea is that whenever you try to connect to a network and do
> not get a DHCP response, you will automatically get an IP from the
> 169.254.0.0/16 range (called 'IPv4 link-layer address'). If other
> laptops in the room do the same, they negotiate IP addresses to avoid
> conflicts. Thus every computer is in the same IP network and they can
> communicate with each other. 

Will dhclient continue to run after a link-layer address is set?
This would be nice since my ISP's dhcp server is sometimes very slow at
responding.
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