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  1. Bug #1565804
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 1565804

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James Page (james-page) wrote :

correction - the mismatch between the underlying network device and the vlan interface causes the error:

Apr 04 14:15:23 reflecting-attraction ifup[5936]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/vlan
Apr 04 14:15:23 reflecting-attraction ifup[5936]: Set name-type for VLAN subsystem. Should be visible in /proc/net/vlan/config
Apr 04 14:15:23 reflecting-attraction ifup[5936]: Added VLAN with VID == 2667 to IF -:eth1:-
Apr 04 14:15:23 reflecting-attraction ifup[5936]: /bin/ip addr add 10.245.184.20/255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.245.184.255 dev eth1.2667 label eth1.2667
Apr 04 14:15:23 reflecting-attraction ifup[5936]: /bin/ip link set dev eth1.2667 mtu 9000 up
Apr 04 14:15:23 reflecting-attraction ifup[5936]: RTNETLINK answers: Numerical result out of range

We can probably work around this by ensuring that the mtu is set correctly on the base interface as well.