I wrote: > It's a Eicon Diva 2430. I found this on it: > > http://www.eicon.com/pubs/diva_2430/index.htm > > with lots of links for explanations and help. > > It says the modem has the IP 192.168.1.1 and that it can be > configured by pointing a web browser at that address. Can't wait > to try that tonight. > > I find it weird that the IP I got the first time, when it worked, > was outside the block of 192.168.x.x and /etc/resolv.conf was > properly filled out. Now I get IP 192.168.1.2 inside the block, > and no proper /etc/resolv.conf file (it contains only the word > "search").
I just got a reply from my provider's help desk and they say that 192.168.1.1 is assigned by the modem when it can't reach the network DHCP server. So at least I know I'm not going insane. It doesn't look like it's a Linux problem. Peter