Re: error - ? - Address already in use

[lejeczek <peljasz@yahoo.co.uk>]

On 13/04/2022 20:45, Shulhan wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Apr 2022 18:45:24 +0100
> lejeczek <peljasz@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi guys
>>
>> what is below error the symptom of?
>>
>> -> $ wg-quick up wg-r2
>> [#] ip link add wg-r2 type wireguard
>> [#] wg setconf wg-r2 /dev/fd/63
>> [#] ip -4 address add 10.3.3.254/24 dev wg-r2
>> [#] ip link set mtu 1320 up dev wg-r2
>> RTNETLINK answers: Address already in use
>> [#] ip link delete dev wg-r2
>>
>> I'll only add that I looked into "obvious" places and found
>> nothing.
>> many thanks, L.
> My guess is another wg network is already up using the same IP address.
> You may check using `wg show` to see the active endpoint or other
> net tools like `ip` or `ifconfig` to list of active net devices.
>
This message is _pretty_ deceptive as it's the 'port' which 
is the culprit - if used already by instantiated wg iface.

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thanks, L