On 2018-07-17 19:07, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> What does this mean:
>
> hendrik@midwinter:~/write/Melinda/Melinda$ ping 172.25.1.11
> PING 172.25.1.11 (172.25.1.11) 56(84) bytes of data.
> From 169.254.2.124 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
> From 169.254.2.124 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
> From 169.254.2.124 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
>
> It's a simple ping from my laptop to my server over wifi
> (while wifi seems to be not working).
>
> The LAN has addresses 172.25.1.*
> So where does if get 169.254.2.124 from?

168.254.x.x is a link-local address, it´s a symptom of DHCP problems.
If a host can´t get an address via DHCP, it takes an address from this
pool. You should check your dhcp server, or the network might be
unreachable from your host.

>
> -- hendrik
>
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