Mike, 169.254.0.0/16 is telling you: I can't get any other IP addrss. 169.254.0.0/16 is a special network, look at it at the WEB. Check your link and your DHCO server. ET Michael Havens writes: > I am all done with the linux from scratch base install but before I go on > to beyond linux from scratch the recomendation is to install some programs > first. (lynx, gpm, sudo, openssl, openssh, wget, and parted) > I installed lynx with no problems. Then, after unpacking gpm, and after I > cd into the gpm directory, the terminal froze. I couldn't nor <^C>. > I shut the terminal down and then started another one and now I can't ssh > into the lfs box. I then just restarted the lfs box and then ran 'ip addr > show' and it says the ip address isn't what it was. It was 192.168.0.14 but > now it is 169.254.11.37/16 . > Two questions, > Why did it change from one private address to another and in another subnet? > I'm thinking I'm going to need to start over from the beginning; is that so? > Well, I guess three questions: > How could I ssh into this network or else reassign the ip to something in > the 192.168.x.y range > :-)~MIKE~(-: --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss