On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 01:13:56PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > The output on screen for an /etc/init.d/networking restart for eth1 is: > Configuring interface eth1=eth1 (inet) > run-parts --verbose /etc/network/if-pre-up.d > run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools > run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant > ip addr add 192.168.0.25/255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 dev > eth1 > label eth1 > ip link set dev eth1 up > ip route add default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth1 > RTNETLINK answers: File exists > Failed to bring up eth1.
Start by showing the contents of /etc/network/interfaces. Then find out whether a DHCP client daemon is already running. If you installed with DHCP (the default) and then edited /e/n/i but didn't stop dhclient beforehand, then ifdown won't know to kill dhclient and you'll have to kill it by hand (or reboot). ps auxw | egrep 'dhclient|dhcpcd' kill if necessary ifdown eth1 edit /etc/network/interfaces if necessary ifup eth1 If this doesn't work, then show the output of "ip addr show eth1" and the network-relevant parts of dmesg (e.g. "dmesg | grep eth" is often a good start).
