DHCP default route attached to loopback interface
 

I have been experiencing problems with both Redhat 9.0 and Fedora Core 2 users in that when they get their IP address via DHCP the default route is attached to the loopback interface "lo"

[root@localhost root]# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 169.254.60.2 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 lo

I have tried editing modprobe.conf as root

"alias net-pf-10 off"

but this doesn't fix it after the reboot, it goed back to the default at lo

The following is the network interface:
eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection


HELP

Dan

Hi.

The behaviour of RedHat's dhclient is correct - the default route shouldn't be set be the dhclient script. You'll have to run after dhclient is run.

Dave

Is your network really configured for 169.254.xxx.xxx? Many clients automatically assign an IP address in this range when a DHCP server is not present.

Are you using a hardware router or a router configured PC?
What is the setup of your LAN?