On Friday 11 November 2016 14:17:07 David Wright wrote: > 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-a >nswers-file-exists-error-when-doing-ifup-on-alias-eth1-1-on-rhel5-71076 >6/ and the second might be a fix. > http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/100588/using-ip-addr-instead-o >f-ifconfig-reports-rtnetlink-answers-file-exists-on-de > > Cheers, > David.
Yes, and no. What it suggested was bringing up eth0:1, and that worked, and I even got past the password & logged in. But the menu's are, shal we say strange. I expected it to have a facility to update its elderly firmware, but there's no such thing. I registered it, so I'll taze their LL Monday and see if I can find somebody that speaks linux. Many thanks for the pointer, & URL, that part worked. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
