On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 13:13:56 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings folks; > > I just bought an ethernet switch, but it is a smart switch, so I needed > to bring up my eth1 interface at an address in the 192.168.0.xx range so > I can talk to it. But despite the fact that it is so specified > in /etc/network/interfaces, no amount of stopping and restarting the > networking makes it take effect, its stuck at the old 192.168.1.3 > address. > > 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. > > I cannot change it with ifconfig either. And the manpage for ip may as > well be in swahili, lots of unexplained terminology. > > So, short of rebooting so the changed interfaces might take effect, but > will they, what is this "File exists" error?. > > Does anyone have a clue what may be wrong? > > And 5 years after I had a big fight with RTNETLINK, whatever the heck > that is, it is still keeping the cause of the error secret. > > So, net experts, what do I do?
Googling your error message, I think the third link tells you what it means http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/rtnetlink-answers-file-exists-error-when-doing-ifup-on-alias-eth1-1-on-rhel5-710766/ and the second might be a fix. http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/100588/using-ip-addr-instead-of-ifconfig-reports-rtnetlink-answers-file-exists-on-de Cheers, David.
