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WARNING: en0: no IPv4 address assigned

Hi,
yesterday evening I truned off my iMac. The internet connection (via LAN) works fine. This mornig I powered up my iMac and the "en0" got an self assigned IP-Address.

After some trys I found in the System.Log these lines.
03.11.08 18:48:11 login[540] USER_PROCESS: 540 ttys000
03.11.08 18:53:08 sudo[564] uwschuss : TTY=ttys000 ; PWD=/Users/uwschuss ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/tcpdump -A -s 0 -i en0 port 5353
03.11.08 18:53:20 kernel AppleYukon2 - en0 link active, 100-Mbit, full duplex, symmetric flow control enabled port 0
03.11.08 18:54:13 login[570] USER_PROCESS: 570 ttys001
03.11.08 18:56:34 sudo[589] uwschuss : TTY=ttys000 ; PWD=/Users/uwschuss ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/tcpdump -X -s 0 -i en0 port 5351
03.11.08 18:56:44 kernel AppleYukon2 - en0 link down
03.11.08 18:56:47 kernel AppleYukon2 - en0 link active, 100-Mbit, full duplex, symmetric flow control enabled port 0
03.11.08 18:57:55 PubSubAgent[594] SQL Error: SQLITE_CANTOPEN[14.0]: Database file not found
Nov 3 19:05:31 Marci kernel[0]: AppleYukon2 - en0 link down
Nov 3 19:05:35 Marci mDNSResponder[16]: mDNSPlatformSendUDP sendto failed to send packet on InterfaceID 00805E00 en0/6 to FF02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00FB:5353 skt 8 error -1 errno 49 (Can't assign requested address) 2073381364
Nov 3 19:05:36 Marci kernel[0]: AppleYukon2 - en0 link active, 100-Mbit, full duplex, symmetric flow control enabled port 0

From another thread I tryed the
sudo tcpdump -A -s 0 -i en0 port 5353
but can't understand the output. Here are some lines from the output:
tcpdump: WARNING: en0: no IPv4 address assigned
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on en0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes
18:53:23.093031 IP6 Marci.local.mdns > ff02::fb.mdns: 0 [4q] PTR (QU)? afpovertcp.tcp.local. PTR (QU)? smb.tcp.local. PTR (QU)? rfb.tcp.local. PTR (QU)? adisk.tcp.local. (75)
`....S.................8.....................S.`............. afpovertcp._tcp.local......_smb......._rfb.......adisk......
18:53:23.215606 IP6 Marci.local.mdns > ff02::fb.mdns: 0 PTR (QM)? 8.3.8.b.b.9.e.f.f.f.b.c.6.1.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.e.f.ip6.arpa. (90)
`....b.................8.....................b.7.............8.3.8.b.b.9.e.f.f.f .b.c.6.1.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.e.f.ip6.arpa.....
18:53:23.339973 IP6 Marci.local.mdns > ff02::fb.mdns: 0 [3q] [3n] ANY (QU)? Marci. afpovertcp.tcp.local. ANY (QU)? Marci. rfb.tcp.local. ANY (QU)? Marci.local. (143)
`......................8......................)..............Marci. afpovertcp._tcp.local......Marci.rfb.......Marci.#....... User uploaded file.....x.........?.?.......x.................8
18:53:23.590400 IP6 Marci.local.mdns > ff02::fb.mdns: 0 [3q] [3n] ANY (QM)? Marci. afpovertcp.tcp.local. ANY (QM)? Marci. rfb.tcp.local. ANY (QM)? Marci.local. (143)
`......................8.....................................Marci. afpovertcp._tcp.local......Marci.rfb.......Marci.#....... User uploaded file.....x.........?.?.......x.................8
18:53:23.840774 IP6 Marci.local.mdns > ff02::fb.mdns: 0 [3q] [3n] ANY (QM)? Marci. afpovertcp.tcp.local. ANY (QM)? Marci. rfb.tcp.local. ANY (QM)? Marci.local. (143)
`......................8.....................................Marci. afpovertcp._tcp.local......Marci.rfb.......Marci.#....... User uploaded file.....x.........?.?.......x.................8
18:53:24.090253 IP6 Marci.local.mdns > ff02::fb.mdns: 0*- [0q] 12/0/0 (Cache flush) SRV Marci.local.:548 0 0, (Cache flush) TXT "", PTR afpovertcp.tcp.local., PTR Marci. afpovertcp.tcp.local., TXT "model=iMac5,1", (Cache flush) SRV Marci.local.:5900 0 0, (Cache flush) TXT "", PTR rfb.tcp.local., PTR Marci. rfb.tcp.local., TXT "LKDC:SHA1.1839C7C7C9B9EAB37E5C933E5CEECE5FBA6049A5", (Cache flush) AAAA Marci.local, (Cache flush) PTR Marci.local. (434)
`......................8......................w..............Marci. afpovertcp.tcp.local..!.....x.......$.Marci.#............. services._dns-sd._udp.#...........................Marci._device-imodel=iMac5,1.M arci.rfb...!.....x.........:..............O.......................... _kerberos.:....... .32LKDC:SHA1.1839C7C7C9B9EAB37E5C933E5CEECE5FBA6049A5.:.......x................ .8.8.3.8.B.B.9.E.F.F.F.B.C.6.1.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.E.F.ip6.arpa..... ...x...:
18:53:24.190985 IP6 Marci.local.mdns > ff02::fb.mdns: 0 [2a] [4q] PTR (QM)? afpovertcp.tcp.local. PTR (QM)? smb.tcp.local. PTR (QM)? rfb.tcp.local. PTR (QM)? adisk.tcp.local. (115)
...
32LKDC:SHA1.1839C7C7C9B9EAB37E5C933E5CEECE5FBA6049A5.:.......x.................8 .8.3.8.B.B.9.E.F.F.F.B.C.6.1.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.E.F.ip6.arpa....... .x...:.:.......x....8..215.56.254.169.in-addr.........x...:
18:54:31.047440 IP6 Marci.local.mdns > ff02::fb.mdns: 0*- [0q] 14/0/0 (Cache flush) SRV Marci.local.:548 0 0, (Cache flush) TXT "", PTR afpovertcp.tcp.local., PTR Marci. afpovertcp.tcp.local., TXT "model=iMac5,1", (Cache flush) SRV Marci.local.:5900 0 0, (Cache flush) TXT "", PTR rfb.tcp.local., PTR Marci. rfb.tcp.local., TXT "LKDC:SHA1.1839C7C7C9B9EAB37E5C933E5CEECE5FBA6049A5", (Cache flush) AAAA Marci.local, (Cache flush) PTR Marci.local., (Cache flush) A Marci.local, (Cache flush) PTR Marci.local. (487)
`......................8......................Fw.............Marci. afpovertcp.tcp.local..!.....x.......$.Marci.#............. services._dns-sd._udp.#...........................Marci._device-imodel=iMac5,1.M arci.rfb...!.....x.........:..............O.......................... _kerberos.:....... .32LKDC:SHA1.1839C7C7C9B9EAB37E5C933E5CEECE5FBA6049A5.:.......x................ .8.8.3.8.B.B.9.E.F.F.F.B.C.6.1.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.E.F.ip6.arpa..... ...x...:.:.......x....8..215.56.254.169.in-addr.........x...:
^C
38 packets captured
104 packets received by filter
0 packets dropped by kernel
Marci:~ uwschuss$

Marci:~ uwschuss$ sudo tcpdump -X -s 0 -i en0 port 5351
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on en0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes
^C
0 packets captured
142 packets received by filter
0 packets dropped by kernel

No internet because self assigned IP-Address!
How I can fix this?

Thanks.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5), Core Duo

Posted on Nov 3, 2008 10:35 AM

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