Hi Basil, On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 03:04:41AM -0500, Basil Crow wrote: > Using "ip addr show" shows my real IP address under "global scope" > instead of "local scope." However, "ifconfig" shows a "169.x.x.x" > address -- a curiosity because I have a public IP, and I can find my > real IP address by going to a site like http://checkip.dyndns.org/.
Maybe, but usually ddclient queries your local system for your IP.
I do not know how ddclient queries the local IP, I'll have to
check. Please send me the output of "ip addr show" and of "ifconfig".
> Maybe having avahi-daemon installed and running confuses ifconfig, but
> either way, ddclient still tries to update my DynDNS account with a
> 169.x.x.x address instead of my true external address on eth0.
Let's find out why...
Greetings
Torsten
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