title: Inability to start weblogic BEA-002606
body: <p>I run a managed instance of Weblogic 10.3 on my mac box. One day i tried starting it and i got this error message</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;Jun 2, 2013 5:19:34 PM EDT&gt; &lt;Notice&gt; &lt;LoggingService&gt; &lt;BEA-320400&gt; &lt;The log file /Users/xx/bfdev/bea10/user_projects/domains/xx/servers/admin/logs/xx.log will be rotated. Reopen the log file if tailing has stopped. This can happen on some platforms like Windows.&gt; 
  &lt;Jun 2, 2013 5:19:34 PM EDT&gt; &lt;Notice&gt; &lt;LoggingService&gt; &lt;BEA-320401&gt; &lt;The log file has been rotated to /Users/xx/bfdev/bea10/user_projects/domains/xx/servers/admin/logs/xx.log00101. Log messages will continue to be logged in /Users/xx/bfdev/bea10/user_projects/domains/xx/servers/admin/logs/benefitfocusDomain.log.&gt; 
  &lt;Jun 2, 2013 5:19:34 PM EDT&gt; &lt;Notice&gt; &lt;Log Management&gt; &lt;BEA-170027&gt; &lt;The Server has established connection with the Domain level Diagnostic Service successfully.&gt; 
  &lt;Jun 2, 2013 5:19:34 PM EDT&gt; &lt;Notice&gt; &lt;WebLogicServer&gt; &lt;BEA-000365&gt; &lt;Server state changed to ADMIN&gt; 
  &lt;Jun 2, 2013 5:19:34 PM EDT&gt; &lt;Notice&gt; &lt;WebLogicServer&gt; &lt;BEA-000365&gt; &lt;Server state changed to RESUMING&gt; 
  &lt;Jun 2, 2013 5:19:34 PM EDT&gt; &lt;Error&gt; &lt;Server&gt; &lt;BEA-002606&gt; &lt;Unable to create a server socket for listening on channel "Default[3]". The address fe80:0:0:0:2acf:e9ff:fe64:20eb%0 might be incorrect or another process is using port 7001: java.net.BindException: Can't assign requested address.&gt; 
  *&lt;Jun 2, 2013 5:19:34 PM EDT&gt; &lt;Error&gt; &lt;Server&gt; &lt;BEA-002606&gt; &lt;Unable to create a server socket for listening on channel "Default[2]". The address fe80:0:0:0:0:0:0:1%0 might be incorrect or another process is using port 7001: java.net.BindException: Can't assign requested address.&gt; 
  &lt;Jun 2, 2013 5:19:34 PM EDT&gt; &lt;Notice&gt; &lt;Server&gt; &lt;BEA-002613&gt; &lt;Channel "Default[4]" is now listening on 127.0.0.1:7001 for protocols iiop, t3, ldap, snmp, http.&gt; 
  **&lt;Jun 2, 2013 5:19:34 PM EDT&gt; &lt;Warning&gt; &lt;Server&gt; &lt;BEA-002611&gt; &lt;Hostname "localhost", maps to multiple IP addresses: 127.0.0.1, 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1, fe80:0:0:0:0:0:0:1%1&gt; 
  &lt;Jun 2, 2013 5:19:34 PM EDT&gt; &lt;Notice&gt; &lt;Server&gt; &lt;BEA-002613&gt; &lt;Channel "Default[5]" is now listening on 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1:7001 for protocols iiop, t3, ldap, snmp, http.&gt; 
  &lt;Jun 2, 2013 5:19:34 PM EDT&gt; &lt;Notice&gt; &lt;Server&gt; &lt;BEA-002613&gt; &lt;Channel "Default[1]" is now listening on 192.168.2.93:7001 for protocols iiop, t3, ldap, snmp, http.&gt; 
  &lt;Jun 2, 2013 5:19:34 PM EDT&gt; &lt;Notice&gt; &lt;Server&gt; &lt;BEA-002613&gt; &lt;Channel "Default" is now listening on 192.168.1.2:7001 for protocols iiop, t3, ldap, snmp, http.&gt;** 
  &lt;Jun 2, 2013 5:19:34 PM EDT&gt; &lt;Notice&gt; &lt;WebLogicServer&gt; &lt;BEA-000331&gt; &lt;Started WebLogic Admin Server "admin" for domain "xx" running in Development Mode&gt;* 
  &lt;Jun 2, 2013 5:19:34 PM EDT&gt; &lt;Notice&gt; &lt;WebLogicServer&gt; &lt;BEA-000365&gt; &lt;Server state changed to RUNNING&gt; 
  &lt;Jun 2, 2013 5:19:34 PM EDT&gt; &lt;Notice&gt; &lt;WebLogicServer&gt; &lt;BEA-000360&gt; &lt;Server started in RUNNING mode&gt; 
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  <p>Since i am a new mac user, assigning and reassigning port numbers is an area i have little knowledge. Any help would be appreciated on this issue.
  PS: NO vague answers. Specific responses on which steps to take would be of help here as i have tried google-ing and it has been hell.</p>