RTNETLINK answers: File exists

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Got a fresh new install of Ubuntu Server 16.04. After installation network connectivity was fine.

I then installed QuickBox.

After the installation it was still fine; I could SSH in and out no problem. The QuickBox installation however recommended I restart the server for some files to finish installation.

After restarting the server I lost all network connectivity; I continued getting the error:

RTNETLINK answers: File Exists
Failed to bring up eno1

The interfaces file looked fine, had the correct networking information. No duplicate gateways were set in interfaces configuration either.

I ran the following command to get some feedback and got this:

sudo ifdown eno1 && sudo ifup -v eno1
ifdown: interface eno1 not configured
configuring interface eno1=eno1 (inet)
/bin/run-parts --exit-on-error --verbose /etc/network/if-pre-up.d
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ethtool
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ifenslave
* [ inet = meta ]
* IF_BOND_SLAVES=
* []
* []
* [ -z ]
*exit
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/vlan
/bin/ip addr add 216.176.200.X/255.255.255.X broadcast 216.176.200.X
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Failed to bring up eno1.

I tried flushing the device as well that didnt work. I tried restart networking service, still fails. There are no extra configs in interfaces.d directory.

My interfaces file looks like this:

iface eno1 inet static
       address 216.176.200.X
       netmask 255.255.255.X
       network 216.176.200.X
       broadcast 216.176.200.X
       gateway 216.176.200.X
       # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
       dns-nameservers 209.151.232.X 209.151.224.X
       dns-search domain.xyz

Also when I do a “route -n” nothing comes up in the kernel routing table, its just completely blank.

Same thing when I run a “netstat -rn”; the routing table is completely blank.

Is it the routing table? I tried adding the routing info manually but I still got the same error.

I flushed the device as well and tried again and that didn’t work either.

What is this RTNETLINK? I googled around and tried all the previous solutions people posted but none of them worked and still couldn’t find a straight answer as to what this file is.