Problem configuring network
Anne Wilson
cannewilson at googlemail.com
Tue Apr 10 18:42:13 UTC 2007
On Tuesday 10 April 2007, Tim wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 11:08 -0700, Knute Johnson wrote:
> > I've got an FC6 box that I'm having some trouble getting the network
> > configured correctly. I keep getting the error below when eth0 is
> > started. This happens on reboot or if I attempt to restart the
> > network.
> > Networking works but I keep getting the error message. Any ideas
> > where I've gone wrong?
> >
> > [root at knute knute]# /sbin/service network restart
> > Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ]
> > Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ]
> > SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
> > Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ]
> > Bringing up interface eth0: sysfs class device: Permission denied
> > Error, some other host already uses address 192.168.3.5.
> > [FAILED]
>
> Taking the error notice at face value, you've got some other device on
> the same network already using that address. You can't do that, and it
> checks when attempting to bring an interface on-line. Change one of
> them.
>
Maybe something on the network grabbed the address via dhcp?
Anne
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