SIOCDELRT: No such process (sarge networking)

[Mark Pictor <mpictor@yahoo.com>]

I have a problem (or two) with networking... sometimes
networking doesn't come up at all, and sometimes (all
other times?) it uses the wrong address but otherwise
works.

When it uses the wrong address, I can simply 
   root@bdi:/# ifdown eth0; ifup eth0
and it is fixed, with no error.

However, when it isn't up at all, ifup says it is
already configured, ifconfig shows it down, and ifdown
produces an error (SIOCDELRT: No such process).
Once I've used ifdown, ifup works again, and it will
use the correct address.

running /etc/init.d/networking restart has the same
result - it uses the correct address, and produces the
error if networking wasn't working.

I tried to add a link /etc/rc2.d/S99networkrestart to
a script which would call /etc/init.d/networking
restart - however it changed nothing.  I have *never*
had trouble with it not working from the prompt (i.e.
doing it by hand)

At first I thought it was related to the bug below...
but this bug makes no mention of inconsistent
operation or of the SIOCDELRT message.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=267186

Now I am wondering if it is hardware-related; I am
using a motherboard with integrated ethernet: SiS900
PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 83)

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# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for
ifup(8), ifdown(8)

# The loopback interface
# automatically added when upgrading
auto eth0 lo

iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet static
    address 192.168.0.4
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    gateway 192.168.0.1

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When it chooses the wrong address, it seems to always
use 192.168.0.2

Thanks
Mark



	
		
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