[CoLoCo] odd network interface

[Jim Hutchinson]

Well, still doesn't explain why it's on one laptop and not the others (all
running 7.04), but thanks for the feedback. At least it's not some haxor
stuff.

Thanks,
Jim

On 8/31/07, Kenneth D Weinert <kenw at quarter-flash.com> wrote:
>
> I know that when I first installed Feisty on my laptop I was having
> problems with the wifi and I wondered what the eth0:avah stuff was all
> about.
>
> I've the wifi sorted now, but it did seem to be the default installation
> - it's not something I chose, at any rate.
>
> On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 08:27 -0600, David Overcash wrote:
> > Avahi support is included by default in Feisty and later releases
> > AFAIK.
> >
> > -David
> >
> > On 8/30/07, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org> wrote:
> >         Thanks for the info. However, I never installed avahi on that
> >         laptop and no other computer (including laptops) has it. How
> >         did it get there?
> >
> >
> >         On 8/30/07, NICK VERBECK <nerdynick at gmail.com> wrote:
> >                 Its used by Avahi. (eth0:avahi) would be the full
> >                 name. I'm guessing
> >                 Avahi uses it to keep thing separate.
> >
> >                 On 8/30/07, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org>
> >                 wrote:
> >                 > Okay, here is something odd I just discovered. I was
> >                 reconfiguring my
> >                 > wireless security tonight and while setting up my
> >                 wife's laptop I ran
> >                 > ifconfig. In addition to eth0 (the wired interface)
> >                 and eth1 (the wireless
> >                 > interface) I found this entry:
> >                 >
> >                 > eth0:avah Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr
> >                 00:12:3F:FA:01:DB
> >                 >           inet
> >                 addr:169.254.7.202  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:
> >                 255.255.0.0
> >                 >           UP BROADCAST
> >                 MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> >                 >           Interrupt:11
> >                 >
> >                 > Now, the laptop connects to the network wirelessly
> >                 so eth0 isn't doing
> >                 > anything. What I'd like to know is what the heck
> >                 eth0:avah is and how it has
> >                 > an address. Even more interesting is that I can ping
> >                 that address from the
> >                 > laptop.
> >                 >
> >                 > Has anyone seen anything like this before? Any ideas
> >                 what it is? My first
> >                 > paranoid reaction was that someone had set up an ad
> >                 hoc connection but it's
> >                 > on the wrong adapter (wired) and as far as I know it
> >                 was never running any
> >                 > service that would allow this anyway. Avahi came to
> >                 mind because of the
> >                 > similar name (eth0:avah) but I never set that up and
> >                 my wife doesn't have
> >                 > sudo rights.
> >                 >
> >                 > Thanks.
> >                 > Jim
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