On 16 Jun 2002, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. wrote: > I have installed woody on my machine, booting w/ RH 7.1. Right from the > installation stages, I keep getting this message > > neighbor table overflow > > either singly or in sets of 4 - 6 instances of the message. I googled for > this and it seems to be an error in finding other machines on the subnet > (if I understand it correctly). But I have a standalone machine, > connecting to the net via a 56k modem. No ethernet card here. > > What does this error mean ? How do I rectify it ? > > regards, > > Sharukh. > -- > Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri > Mumbai, India. > >
I have had this when /etc/network/interfaces was not configured. It needed to contain the following, which for some reason was not configured during installation. # The loopback interface # automatically added when upgrading auto lo iface lo inet loopback AC -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For electronic books on the Assassins and on homeopathy, skeptical essays, and over 170 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. [Carl Sagan] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
