Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 14:53:22 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@iconnect.co.ke> To: Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@cse.iitd.ernet.in> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ifconfig error Message-ID: <20010219145322.C29699@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10102191618480.30788-100000@localhost.localdomain>; from "Rakhesh Sasidharan" on Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 04:22:33PM %2B0530 References: <20010219134211.A29699@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10102191618480.30788-100000@localhost.localdomain>
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* Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@cse.iitd.ernet.in> [20010219 13:51]: writing =
on the subject 'Re: ifconfig error'
Rakhesh> On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
Rakhesh>=20
Rakhesh> > Rakhesh> My mistake. I tried ifconfig with "netmask" and it sti=
ll gives the same
Rakhesh> > Rakhesh> error: "in6_ifattach_addaddr: rtrequest failed. errno =
=3D 17"
Rakhesh> >=20
Rakhesh> > I did not look so keenly. Are you trying to configure the loopba=
ck
Rakhesh> > interface with an IP ather than 127.0.0.1 or you do not known wh=
at name=20
Rakhesh> > is given to your network card?? What is your network card detect=
ed as?
Rakhesh> >=20
Rakhesh> > You cannot reconfigure lo0 (loopback interface)
Rakhesh>=20
Rakhesh> I don't have a network card. I am trying to configure my loopback
Rakhesh> interface lo2 with an IP 10.20.3.12 (or whatever I mentioned in th=
at
Rakhesh> mail). I have tried a similar thing under OpenBSD atleast, and I =
have had
Rakhesh> no errors. And moreover, in this case, even though it gives that
Rakhesh> error/warning, the interface does get configured with that IP.
Why are you assigining an Ip on lo0?? I've never done it and I am not sure
how it helps.
Rakhesh>=20
Rakhesh> BTW, I do not exactly understand what you mean by saying I can
Rakhesh> reconfigure lo0?
^^^
I said CANNOT
=20
Rakhesh> Do u mean I can't assign an IP to it, or something else ?
That is what i think but I stand corrected.
I am returning you to the mailing list for advance users to chip in.
I haven't used anything other than FreeBSD, so forgive me. I'll soon
start looking at OpenBSD if I get the time.
-Wash
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