SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address.......

chun lee leechun at leechun.freeserve.co.uk
Wed May 19 07:25:08 UTC 2004


Hi there:

Thanks for your reply. Sorry I am quite new to linux/fedora, how do I check
what you have described in fedora?

Many thanks

Yours

CHUN

On 18/5/04 11:50 pm, "fedora-list-request at redhat.com"
<fedora-list-request at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 05:22, chun lee wrote:
>> Hi there:
>> 
>> I am trying to activate a dhcp connection and I got this message:
>> 
>> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address
>> 
>> Does this mean? Also, I have tried to access the setting of my modem through
>> mozilla and the access was refused. Can anyone help?
>> 
>> Many thanks
>> 
>> Yours
>> 
>> CHUN
> 
> Make sure your dynamically assigned range is not overlapping with any
> Static IP's on your network. The address the DHCP server is trying to
> give out may already be inn use.
> 
> -- 
> Chris Kloiber





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