F8 Network Woe

Jonathan Allen jonathan at barumtrading.co.uk
Mon Dec 10 16:25:00 UTC 2007


On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 11:01:53AM -0500, Mark Haney wrote:
>
> >    # service network start
> >    Bringing up loopack interface:           [  OK  ]
> >    Bringing up interface eth0:              [FAILED]
> >    Error, some other host already uses address 192.168.1.6
> > 
> 
> Uh, is it possible the DHCP server lease is still active?  What is the
> status of that IP address?  Are there other machines on the network?

The whole network uses static IP addresses, no DHCP active at all.  No
other machine has that address and all the others - behind the main NAT
firewall - have other discrete IP address in the 192.168.1. range.

Jonathan




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