From 906f8ed262316d7180f929e4f9988d93df3e8797 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Nevins Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 12:21:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document 'Cannot assign requested address' error. Often it means you tried to connect to port 0. (cherry picked from commit c4f963ebd71dd07b3c6dcade9a2a9a86a7322519) --- doc/errors.but | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/errors.but b/doc/errors.but index 2d253520..bf9672d0 100644 --- a/doc/errors.but +++ b/doc/errors.but @@ -338,3 +338,13 @@ things into PuTTY while the network is down, but it can also occur if PuTTY decides of its own accord to send data: due to a repeat key exchange in SSH-2 (see \k{config-ssh-kex-rekey}) or due to keepalives (\k{config-keepalive}). + +\H{errors-cannotassignaddress} \q{Network error: Cannot assign requested +address} + +This means that the operating system rejected the parameters of the +network connection PuTTY tried to make, usually without actually +trying to connect to anything, because they were simply invalid. + +A common way to provoke this error is to accidentally try to connect +to port 0, which is not a valid port number. -- 2.45.2