Error map
Network cable unplugged / NO-CARRIER Networking: Network cable unplugged / `ip link` shows NO-CARRIER state DOWN / Ethernet: Network cable unplugged
Networking · layer 2, Network
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Directly related (9)
connect: Network is unreachable (ENETUNREACH)
The host has no route to the destination network — no default gateway, interface down, or trying IPv6 without IPv6 connectivity.
Chrome: No internet — ERR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED (You are not connected to the internet)
Chrome sees no working network connection on the device, so it cannot load any page.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Networking: Interface down — SFP transceiver Loss of Signal / no receive light
A fibre or SFP link is down because the transceiver receives no light.
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.
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.
Two steps away (26)
HTTP 404 Not Found
The server can’t find anything at the requested URL.
HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed
The URL exists, but it doesn’t accept the HTTP method you used (e.g. POST to a GET-only route).
Error: socket hang up / read ECONNRESET
The other side closed the TCP connection abruptly while your client was still using it.
Cloudflare Error 521: Web Server Is Down
Cloudflare couldn’t connect to your origin — the connection was refused.
Cloudflare Error 522: Connection Timed Out
Cloudflare’s TCP connection to your origin timed out — the origin didn’t answer at all.
Chrome: Your connection was interrupted — A network change was detected. ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED
The device switched networks (Wi-Fi to mobile data, VPN on/off, IP renewed) while the page was loading, so the browser aborted th…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Networking: ping — Destination Host Unreachable / Destination net unreachable (ICMP type 3)
A router (or your own PC) tells you it has no way to deliver the packet to that address.
Networking: ping — Request timed out / 100% packet loss (host drops or filters ICMP)
No echo reply arrived in time: the host is down, unreachable, or simply ignores ping.
Browser: This network requires you to sign in — captive portal (hotel, airport, café Wi-Fi) blocking HTTPS sites
The Wi-Fi needs a login or acceptance page first; until you complete it, secure sites fail with certificate or connection errors.
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.
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.
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.
Networking: Thousands of sockets in CLOSE_WAIT — the application is not closing its side of the connection
The other end closed the connection, but your program never called close(), so the socket stays open.
Networking: Server reachable from the internet but not from inside the LAN via its public IP — NAT loopback / hairpin NAT not working
Devices on your own network can't use the router's public address to reach a server that is also on that network.
Networking: netstat -su: packet receive errors, receive buffer errors — UDP datagrams dropped by a full socket buffer
UDP packets arrive faster than the application reads them, so the kernel throws the extras away.
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.
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.
Networking: nc -vz hangs then times out — firewall silently DROPs packets (REJECT would answer "Connection refused")
A connection attempt gets no answer at all, which points to a firewall dropping the packets rather than a closed port.
Networking: netstat -s: segments retransmitted / Wireshark: TCP Retransmission, TCP Dup ACK — packet loss on the path
Packets are being lost, so TCP resends them and throughput collapses.
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