Re: "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address"
On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:10:25 +0800
Timothy Wu <2huggie@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This seems like an easy problem but I've searched all over without
> explicit solution.
>
> I'm fiddling with a computer which I've not turn on for a while. My
> ethernet interface which comes with the motherboard did not appear
> (not with ifconfig -a), so I plugged in another ethernet card and now
> it shows on ifconfig -a. But LAN connection is still not working. I
> noticed that eth0 is down and tries "ifup eth0" and it says
> "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address" twice and "failed to
> bring up eth0".
>
> I donno what the problem is. The /etc/network/networking script was a
> working script before.
>
> dmesg | grep "eth0" shows nothing alarming. It says RealTek RTL8139
> something something IRQ 20 Identified 8139 chip type blah blah.
>
> What can I do to get it back on?
>
> Timothy
It is possible that there is a conflict with the onboard eithernet card
and the addon card. Disable the onboard card from the CMOS setup and
see if this problem persists.
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