On Tuesday 14 June 2005 15:14, Meni Shapiro wrote: > Hi, > Well first of all i would check if the eth0 is connected and is known to > the OS.
ifconfig says it is there - but with ip address 169.254.50.3 > Try: > #mii-tool Says No MII transceiver present!. the 3C59x module is loaded (my 3com NIC). Since even after the strange problems of getting the wrong IP address I can still do things like browse the web, then I assume it is basically working > see if it says link ok. > if not try: > lsmod and see if the driver for the nic is listed (if not...feagure out > which one you got and try modprobe to install it (check the man for info)). > if you got link then try: > #ifconfig eth0 <IP> netmask <netmask> up > #route add default gw <GW-IP> That works - although this line ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.21 netmask 255.255.255.0 up gives this error SIOCSIFADDR: File exists What does that mean? ...> > On 6/14/05, I <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > > > > sit0: unknown hardware address type 776 > > sit0: unknown hardware address type 776 Still puzzled about above two lines > > Listening on LPF/eth0/00:50:da:cf:a5:06 > > Sending on LPF/eth0/00:50:da:cf:a5:06 > > Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net > > DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 <http://255.255.255.255> port 67 > > DHCPACK from 192.168.0.20 > > SIOCSIFADDR: File exists > > bound to 192.168.0.21 -- renewal in 10800 seconds. > > RTNETLINK answers: Cannot assign requested address This seems to be the key error message - so what is wrong here? -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
