Re: restarting network

[Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org>]

On 29/03/16 15:34, Reco wrote:
> 	Hi.
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 02:10:08PM +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote:
>
> > > Mar 29 10:15:06 tony-lx networking[21563]: Configuring network
> > > interfaces...RTNETLINK answers: File exists
> > > Mar 29 10:15:06 tony-lx networking[21563]: Failed to bring up eth1.
> > > Mar 29 10:15:06 tony-lx networking[21563]: done.
>
> Lines above are something to be expected, because your
> /etc/network/interfaces tells the kernel to do the impossible:
>
>
> > iface eth0 inet static
> > 	address 192.168.1.7
> > 	netmask 255.255.255.0
> > 	network 192.168.1.0
> > 	broadcast 192.168.1.255
> > 	gateway 192.168.1.1
>
> You have default gateway for eth0. All is good so far.
>
>
> > iface eth1 inet static
> > 	address 192.168.2.8
> > 	netmask 255.255.255.0
> > 	network 192.168.2.0
> > 	broadcast 192.168.2.255
> > 	gateway 192.168.1.1
>
> And - you have yet another default gateway for eth1.
> No wonder that the kernel refuses to add the same route second time.
>
> Reco

Thanks, Reco.
I've now commented out that line for eth1, but I still get

Mar 29 15:37:47 tony-lx networking[24921]: Failed to bring up eth1.
Mar 29 15:37:47 tony-lx networking[24921]: done.


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