Re: Debian: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address when adding extra ips to an interface

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:10:16 +0200, Tóth Tibor Péter wrote:

> I have some problem when I'm trying to add an extra IP to an interface.
> 
> My config:

(...)

> #ifconfig eth0:0 up
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address

(...)

> The strange thing is that sometimes works, sometimes not.
> 
> if I do this way, it works every time: #ifconfig eth0:0 192.168.0.100
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> 
> What cause the SIOCSIFFLAGS error messaeg? It exists on Debian 5 and
> Debian 6 as well.

Googling around I've found a bunch of hits about that message:

http://bit.ly/T6ttE6

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón