Network fails but I'm typing on it right now..

viniosity · 2005-05-31 17:40:38

When I boot up to Arch with an ethernet connection I get an error saying that network fails to start up. But I'm typing on it right now with no major problems except that after a period of inactivity the network will fail to respond. After that I can't get it to work without rebooting.

/etc/rc.d/network start fails with this message:
SIOCADDRT: File exists

Anyone have any ideas of what's going on?

Here is ifconfig output:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0A:E4:33:33:1B
          inet addr:192.168.1.218  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:868 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:657 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:8 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:610046 (595.7 Kb)  TX bytes:169758 (165.7 Kb)
          Interrupt:16

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:462 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:462 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:30964 (30.2 Kb)  TX bytes:30964 (30.2 Kb)

viniosity · 2005-06-16 14:36:03

Ok, so it turns out the when you put network in your rc.conf it tries to get ALL network connections going. This is a problem for me on my laptop since I move daily from house to office. At the houes I use eth1 (wireless) and at the office I use eth0 (ethernet).

Is there some seamless way I can just have my network connection work no matter where I am? Maybe ifplugd or something?

phrakture · 2005-06-16 15:20:29

I run ifplugd... you can also disable (!eth0) an interface in rc.conf, but it will still work when you do something like /etc/rc.d/network ifup eth0

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#1 2005-05-31 17:40:38

Network fails but I'm typing on it right now..

#2 2005-06-16 14:36:03

Re: Network fails but I'm typing on it right now..

#3 2005-06-16 15:20:29

Re: Network fails but I'm typing on it right now..

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