Subject: Re: [vserver] Unable to add Interface / RTNETLINK answers: Numerical result out of range
From: KwangErn Liew <admin@musmo.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:38:52 +0100



Oliver Welter wrote:
> I am running a hostbox with two vlan interfaces, everything is doing
> fine so far. Today I tried to add another interface to one of my guests.
> 
> The current config has 3 interfaces all in the same vlan - works.
> I added one new interface from the other vlan - when I now startup the
> guest I get "RTNETLINK answers: Numerical result out of range".
> 
> The IP Adress is not set on the host and so not avail inside the geust -
> adding the IP to the host by hand and launching the guest still results
> in the error message shown, but the new interface is operational afterwards.

Knowing how you added the interface would be helpful to pinpoint what 
went wrong.


KwangErn