[iyonix-support] Re: Machine startup error

  • From: Andrew Pinder <Andrew.Pinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:06:43 GMT

In message <4CD3D1AE.8070308@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
 on 5 Nov 2010 "David J. Ruck" <druck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 04/11/2010 23:13, Andrew Pinder wrote:
>> On occasion I get the following error message from the desktop during
>> !Boot:
>>
>> Machine startup has not completed successfully: 'Route: add net
>> default: gateway 10.0.0.2: File exists'

> Untick "Act as Router" in the networking settings.

>> I wonder why this error occurs.  has the router failed to recognise
>> that the Iyonix as been turned off or has the router address been
>> saved by the Iyonix.

> Short: It's because you've ticked things which you shouldn't!

> Long: That tick box tells the machine to route packets between two local
> networks which it may be attached to, which conflicts with the default
> gateway setting to route all non local packets through your ADSL router
> to the internet. Therefore these settings clash.

Thanks for the pointer, but on checking I found that the tick box was 
never ticked.

The intermittent nature of the error message suggests that something 
else is going on from time to time.

BTW the Routes file has only comment lines; the "Run RouteD" tick box 
is also unticked.


Regards

Andrew

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