Can not restart the network service, it fails with an error "RTLINKNET ERROR: the IP Add <IP-Add> already exists".

Solution Verified - Updated 2011-11-04T10:53:15+00:00 -

Issue

Can not ping to any other server in the network. Even service network restart command fails with below error messages.
```
RTLINKNET ERROR: the IP Add &#60;IP-Add> already exists.
```

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