Have you seen this in the logs of one of your iBGP router? rpd[0000]: bgp_recv: peer 0.0.0.2 (Internal AS 00000): received unexpected EOF You can also notice this related error on your eBGP router : rpd[0000]: bgp_listen_accept: Connection attempt from unconfigured neighbor: 0.0.0.2+00000 This mean you have a inexistant or unconfigured community for this neighbor trying… Read More »
Ending up with this error while trying to join a workstation to Active Directory domain? Computer Name/Domain Changes The following error occured attempting to join the domain “domain.local”: The network path was not found. The possible cause is one of the required services for Active Directory client computer is not started. Make sure those two… Read More »
Getting this error trying to add a layer 3 routing interface (l3-interface) to a VLan on JunOS? root@EX4200# set vlans v1000 l3-interface vlan.1000 root@EX4200# commit comment “add l3-iface to vlan 1000” [edit vlans v1000 l3-interface] ‘l3-interface vlan.1000’ Interface must already be defined under [edit interfaces] error: commit failed: (statements constraint check failed) [edit] root@EX4200# … Read More »
Getting this error message while trying to bring up your newly configured bridge interface on RHEL/CentOS Linux? You are missing “bridge-utils” package. Simply install it as followed and bring up the interface again : yum install bridge-utils NOTE : Click here to see our HowTO create a bridge interface article
To find out the network ports currently opened by running software on a Linux machine, simply use LSOF (list open files). This can also sort out the communication port as well. To display IPv4 ports : lsof -Pnl +M -i4 To display IPv6 ports : lsof -Pnl +M -i6
Adding a bunch of IP to windows through the GUI is a nightmare! Fortunately, you can enter a single command that will add them in a second. Simply open the command prompt and type the following command : FOR /L %I IN (<IP_START>,1,<IP_END>) DO netsh interface ip add address “Local Area Connection” <IP_SUBNET>.%I <IP_NETMASK> Let’s… Read More »
The easiest way of disabling ICMP echo request on Linux is doing it on the kernel level. To disable ICMP immediately on a running system, simply enter the following command : echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all This command will not survive to the next reboot. To make it permanent, edit : vi /etc/sysctl.conf And add :… Read More »
If you setup OpenVPN to be in bridge (layer2) mode instead using NAT/routing (layer3) and then restart the server to make the change effective, you probably noticed the following error message on the Status Overview page repeatedly : service failed to start due to unresolved dependencies: set([‘bridge’]) This is because there is no existing bridge… Read More »
You might encountered the following message after creating a bridge interface and try to bring it up on RHEL/CentOS Linux : ifup br0 Device br0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization. The common error in such case is usually because you mistype the ” TYPE= ” parameter, bridge must start with a… Read More »
A bridge interface is actually a virtual interface handled by a config file on your Linux system. Creating a bridge is quite simple, just follow those steps and you’re all set! 1. Create the bridge interface configuration file : vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0 Add the the following parameters : DEVICE=br0 TYPE=Bridge BOOTPROTO=static ONBOOT=yes STP=on IPADDR= NETMASK= GATEWAY=… Read More »