Are you using a Debian-based distribution of Linux? IIRC, when recent Debian releases are using DHCP, in order to give a consistently functioning IP address it uses this address. I think this is necessary for Gnome. Addresses in the 127 class-A network should never appear on the (physical) wire. The obvious solution is not to use dynamic IP assignment, but that is perhaps not very helpful. I tried
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