Linux Network weirdness

[Rick Stevens]

Waldher, Travis R wrote:
> I try to enable an eth0 interface through vmware 4.0 on a Redhat ES 3.0
> system.
> 
> I get the following error:
> 
> Error, some other host already uses address 132.224.82.57.
> 
> Ok.. I checked, no other host is using it, I set this vmware machine to
> use the bridged type connection.  I also triple checked my ifcfg-eth0
> file, it is all typed in correctly, no extra spaces even on the end of
> the lines.

Are you sure?  Something has that address in its ARP table or answers
the bell.

Keep in mind that lots of stuff is hidden if you're on a switch or
VLAN, however, can you tcpdump it and see what's going on?  You can also
check the "arp -e" output.
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