Kubuntu shows fake IP address

[robson]

Can someone point me in the right direction

My Kubuntu machine is connected to my Dlink router and accessing network. Dlink is issuing private IP address correctly, but when I check IP on Kubuntu machine it shows bogus IP starting with 169..... How is this possible?

If I do ifconfig I still see 169.....address, is there something else to be configured?

Thanks in advance for any help.

[askrieger]

Re: Kubuntu shows fake IP address

The 169.254.xxx.yyy address that you're seeing is not bogus. 169.254. is the prefix for a "private network" i.e. it is probably the address that you have been given by either your internet service provider, or your home router. I believe, (but, I could be wrong) that the convention is that home routers use 192.168.xxx.yyy and ISPs use 169.254.xxx.yyy. In any event, you don't have to worry about it. Just use the address.

[swansea778]

Re: Kubuntu shows fake IP address

does this equally apply if you use 10.0.0.xx series of local addresses.

[askrieger]

Re: Kubuntu shows fake IP address

I believe so based on the same reasoning, i.e. a private network is a private network, no matter how large, (or small) it is.