Issue running Spark locally: java.net.BindException

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Py4JJavaError: An error occurred while calling z:is.hail.backend.spark.SparkBackend.apply.
: java.net.BindException: Can't assign requested address: Service 'sparkDriver' failed after 16 retries (on a random free port)! Consider explicitly setting the appropriate binding address for the service 'sparkDriver' (for example spark.driver.bindAddress for SparkDriver) to the correct binding address.

This seems to be caused by Spark not looking for the right IP on certain network connections. Fix is here:

How do I fix "java.net.BindException: Can't assign requested address"?

The full message looks like: Exception in thread "main" java.net.BindException: Can't assign requested address: Service 'sparkDriver' failed after 16 retries! Consider explicitly setting the appropriate port for the service 'sparkDriver' (for example spark.ui.port for SparkUI) to an available port or increasing spark.port.maxRetries.