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DHCPDISCOVER: no free leases Networking: dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff via eth0: network 192.168.1.0/24: no free leases

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DHCPDISCOVER: no free leases — Networking: dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff via eth0: network 192.168.1.0/24: no free leases (Networking)DHCPDISCOVE…Windows has detected an IP address conflict — Networking: Windows has detected an IP address conflict / Duplicate address detected by 00:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee (Networking)Windows has detecte…Port forwarding not working (CGNAT / double NAT) — Networking: Port forwarding configured but the port stays closed — carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT) or double NAT (Networking)Port forwarding not…169.254.x.x self-assigned IP (DHCP failed) — Networking: IPv4 address 169.254.x.x (Autoconfiguration / APIPA) — the PC couldn't get an address from DHCP (Networking)169.254.x.x self-as…Rogue DHCP server hands out wrong gateway/DNS — Networking: Clients receive the wrong default gateway or DNS server — a rogue DHCP server (often a home router) answers first (Networking)Rogue DHCP server h…arp -a shows (incomplete) — Networking: `arp -n` shows (incomplete) / Destination Host Unreachable — no ARP reply from the next hop (Networking)arp -a shows (incom…DHCPDISCOVER ... No DHCPOFFERS received — Networking: dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 ... No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. (Networking)DHCPDISCOVER ... No…Cannot assign requested address (EADDRNOTAVAIL) — Networking: connect: Cannot assign requested address — ephemeral port range exhausted by TIME_WAIT connections (Networking)Cannot assign reque…Network cable unplugged / NO-CARRIER — Networking: Network cable unplugged / `ip link` shows NO-CARRIER state DOWN / Ethernet: Network cable unplugged (Networking)Network cable unplu…Windows: Default gateway is not available — Networking: Windows: Default gateway is not available / Diagnose Connection Problems: DHCP not enabled (Networking)Windows: Default ga…Wrong subnet mask: hosts can't reach each other — Networking: Two hosts on one LAN can't talk — subnet mask or network address mismatch (Networking)Wrong subnet mask: …ssh port 22 Connection timed out — ssh: connect to host x port 22: Connection timed out (Linux)ssh port 22 Connect…Wi-Fi keeps disconnecting (weak signal, -80 dBm) — Networking: Wi-Fi keeps disconnecting / signal -80 dBm / wlan0: deauthenticating by local choice (reason=3) (Networking)Wi-Fi keeps disconn…SFP link down / Loss of Signal (LOS) — Networking: Interface down — SFP transceiver Loss of Signal / no receive light (Networking)SFP link down / Los…WSL 2 installation is incomplete — Docker Desktop: WSL 2 installation is incomplete / WSL update required (Docker)WSL 2 installation …PING: transmit failed. General failure. — Networking: PING: transmit failed. General failure. / ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted (Networking)PING: transmit fail…Your Remote Desktop Services session has ended (network problem) — Networking: Your Remote Desktop Services session has ended. Possibly the network connection was lost / Remote Desktop disconnected, error code 0x904 (Networking)Your Remote Desktop…502 — HTTP 502 Bad Gateway (HTTP)502504 — HTTP 504 Gateway Timeout (HTTP)504violates PodSecurity — Error creating: pods is forbidden: violates PodSecurity "restricted:latest": allowPrivilegeEscalation != false ... (Kubernetes)violates PodSecurityNo Wi-Fi adapter found / Wi-Fi option missing — Networking: No Wi-Fi networks found — the Wi-Fi adapter is missing, disabled or its driver failed (Networking)No Wi-Fi adapter fo…4-way handshake timeout / Incorrect password — Networking: wlan0: WPA: 4-way handshake failed - pre-shared key may be incorrect / WRONG_KEY (Networking)4-way handshake tim…Duplex mismatch: late collisions / CRC errors — Networking: Duplex mismatch — late collisions, runts and CRC errors on the switch port (Networking)Duplex mismatch: la…Native VLAN mismatch / wrong VLAN, no connectivity — Networking: %CDP-4-NATIVE_VLAN_MISMATCH / device on the wrong VLAN can't reach the gateway (Networking)Native VLAN mismatc…nf_conntrack: table full, dropping packet — Networking: kernel: nf_conntrack: table full, dropping packet — new connections fail on a Linux firewall/NAT host (Networking)nf_conntrack: table…nfs: server not responding, still trying — Networking: kernel: nfs: server nas01 not responding, still trying / nfs: server nas01 OK (Networking)nfs: server not res…MAC flapping / broadcast storm (spanning tree loop) — Networking: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host is flapping between ports / broadcast storm (Networking)MAC flapping / broa…Port err-disabled (psecure-violation) — Networking: %PM-4-ERR_DISABLE: psecure-violation error detected on Gi0/5, putting Gi0/5 in err-disable state (Networking)Port err-disabled (…Connections hang on large transfers (PMTU black hole) — Networking: SSH/HTTPS connects but hangs on large data — path MTU discovery black hole (Networking)Connections hang on…

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Windows has detected an IP address conflictNetworking

Networking: Windows has detected an IP address conflict / Duplicate address detected by 00:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee

Two devices on the same network are using the same IP address, so traffic reaches the wrong one or neither.

Port forwarding not working (CGNAT / double NAT)Networking

Networking: Port forwarding configured but the port stays closed — carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT) or double NAT

Your router forwards the port correctly, but another NAT in front of it (your ISP or a second router) blocks inbound connections.

169.254.x.x self-assigned IP (DHCP failed)Networking

Networking: IPv4 address 169.254.x.x (Autoconfiguration / APIPA) — the PC couldn't get an address from DHCP

With no DHCP answer, the computer gave itself a link-local 169.254.x.x address, which only works on the local segment.

Rogue DHCP server hands out wrong gateway/DNSNetworking

Networking: Clients receive the wrong default gateway or DNS server — a rogue DHCP server (often a home router) answers first

A second DHCP server on the network is giving clients bad settings, so some machines have no internet or odd DNS.

arp -a shows (incomplete)Networking

Networking: `arp -n` shows (incomplete) / Destination Host Unreachable — no ARP reply from the next hop

The machine asked "who has this IP?" and nobody on the local network answered.

DHCPDISCOVER ... No DHCPOFFERS receivedNetworking

Networking: dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 ... No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

The client broadcast a DHCP request and no server answered.

Cannot assign requested address (EADDRNOTAVAIL)Networking

Networking: connect: Cannot assign requested address — ephemeral port range exhausted by TIME_WAIT connections

The machine ran out of local ports for new outgoing connections to the same destination.

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Network cable unplugged / NO-CARRIERNetworking

Networking: Network cable unplugged / `ip link` shows NO-CARRIER state DOWN / Ethernet: Network cable unplugged

The network card sees no electrical link, so nothing above it (IP, DNS, browser) can work.

Windows: Default gateway is not availableNetworking

Networking: Windows: Default gateway is not available / Diagnose Connection Problems: DHCP not enabled

The PC can't reach its router, so it has no path out of the local network.

Wrong subnet mask: hosts can't reach each otherNetworking

Networking: Two hosts on one LAN can't talk — subnet mask or network address mismatch

The hosts disagree about which addresses are local, so one tries to route traffic that should go straight across the LAN.

ssh port 22 Connection timed outLinux

ssh: connect to host x port 22: Connection timed out

SSH packets get no reply — a firewall/security group drops them, the server is off, or the IP is wrong.

Wi-Fi keeps disconnecting (weak signal, -80 dBm)Networking

Networking: Wi-Fi keeps disconnecting / signal -80 dBm / wlan0: deauthenticating by local choice (reason=3)

The wireless link is too weak or too noisy to hold, so the client drops and rejoins repeatedly.

SFP link down / Loss of Signal (LOS)Networking

Networking: Interface down — SFP transceiver Loss of Signal / no receive light

A fibre or SFP link is down because the transceiver receives no light.

WSL 2 installation is incompleteDocker

Docker Desktop: WSL 2 installation is incomplete / WSL update required

Docker Desktop on Windows needs WSL 2 and its Linux kernel; they’re missing, outdated or disabled.

PING: transmit failed. General failure.Networking

Networking: PING: transmit failed. General failure. / ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted

The operating system could not even send the packet, so the problem is local (adapter, route or firewall), not the remote host.

Your Remote Desktop Services session has ended (network problem)Networking

Networking: Your Remote Desktop Services session has ended. Possibly the network connection was lost / Remote Desktop disconnected, error code 0x904

An established Remote Desktop session dropped because the network under it stalled or the session was reset.

502HTTP

HTTP 502 Bad Gateway

A proxy or gateway (Nginx, load balancer, CDN) got an invalid response — or no response — from the upstream server behind it.

504HTTP

HTTP 504 Gateway Timeout

A proxy or gateway waited too long for the upstream server to respond and gave up.

violates PodSecurityKubernetes

Error creating: pods is forbidden: violates PodSecurity "restricted:latest": allowPrivilegeEscalation != false ...

The namespace enforces a Pod Security Standard (baseline/restricted) and the pod spec breaks one of its rules.

No Wi-Fi adapter found / Wi-Fi option missingNetworking

Networking: No Wi-Fi networks found — the Wi-Fi adapter is missing, disabled or its driver failed

The operating system doesn't see a working wireless adapter, so no networks can be listed.

4-way handshake timeout / Incorrect passwordNetworking

Networking: wlan0: WPA: 4-way handshake failed - pre-shared key may be incorrect / WRONG_KEY

The Wi-Fi association started but key negotiation failed, almost always a wrong password.

Duplex mismatch: late collisions / CRC errorsNetworking

Networking: Duplex mismatch — late collisions, runts and CRC errors on the switch port

One side runs full duplex and the other half duplex, so the link works but is slow and drops packets.

Native VLAN mismatch / wrong VLAN, no connectivityNetworking

Networking: %CDP-4-NATIVE_VLAN_MISMATCH / device on the wrong VLAN can't reach the gateway

A port or trunk carries a different VLAN than expected, so hosts silently land on the wrong network.

nf_conntrack: table full, dropping packetNetworking

Networking: kernel: nf_conntrack: table full, dropping packet — new connections fail on a Linux firewall/NAT host

The connection-tracking table is full, so the kernel drops packets for any new connection.

nfs: server not responding, still tryingNetworking

Networking: kernel: nfs: server nas01 not responding, still trying / nfs: server nas01 OK

An NFS client can't get replies from the server, so processes using the mount hang in uninterruptible sleep.

MAC flapping / broadcast storm (spanning tree loop)Networking

Networking: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host is flapping between ports / broadcast storm

A layer-2 loop is making frames circle the network, saturating links and making the whole VLAN crawl.

Port err-disabled (psecure-violation)Networking

Networking: %PM-4-ERR_DISABLE: psecure-violation error detected on Gi0/5, putting Gi0/5 in err-disable state

The switch shut the port down because a security or protection feature detected a violation.

Connections hang on large transfers (PMTU black hole)Networking

Networking: SSH/HTTPS connects but hangs on large data — path MTU discovery black hole

Small packets pass but full-size ones vanish, so logins work and then transfers or page loads stall.