[Xorp-users] Problem with xorp_rtrmgr

[Pavlin Radoslavov]

Victor Faion <vfaion at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the help, Click was still listening on that port and when I
> closed it xorp_rtrmgr worked, however it didn't like the syntax I used in
> static.boot where I have interfaces/vifs eth0:0 and eth0:1. Is there a
> special syntax to specify interface/vif names like these?

In Linux "eth0:0" and "eth0:1" are not real interfaces, but IP aliases
on interface eth0.

In your XORP config you should use interface/vif name "eth0" and
specify the IP addresses as appropriate.

Pavlin

> Victor
> 
> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 22:22, Bruce M. Simpson <bms at incunabulum.net> wrote:
> 
> > Victor Faion wrote:
> >
> >> I downloaded XORP 1.5 and compiled from source on a 64 bit machine, but I
> >> am having trouble getting the router manager to start:
> >>
> >> ./xorp_rtrmgr -b ../static.boot
> >> [ 2008/11/27 20:44:19  ERROR xorp_rtrmgr:16440 LIBCOMM +312 comm_sock.c
> >> comm_sock_bind4 ] Error binding socket (family = 2, my_addr = 127.0.0.1 <
> >> http://127.0.0.1/>, my_port = 19999): Address already in use
> >> [ 2008/11/27 20:44:19  ERROR xorp_rtrmgr:16440 RTRMGR +260 main_rtrmgr.cc
> >> run ] Address already in use: a finder may already be running.
> >>
> >> I am in the xorp group and I'm running this as root. I also ran the tests
> >> after installing and it didn't fail any tests. I haven't changed any
> >> configuration files, only set some IP addresses in static.boot. Has anyone
> >> ever gotten this error?
> >>
> >>
> > The Router Manager wasn't able to open its Finder socket because the
> > addresswas already in use.
> >
> > Do you have any processes listening to port 19999? Use a tool such as
> > netstat to verify that this is the case. If you do find a socket bound in
> > LISTEN state, use a tool such as lsof to discover exactly which process it
> > is.
> >
> > thanks
> > BMS
> >
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