So you're able to communicate with the router and configure it when connected to its WAN port, but not the LAN port?
Try enabling DHCP on the router and see if your computer receives an IP address from it. - Dan On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> "Rich" == Rich Shepard <[email protected]> writes: > > Rich> It's taking much too long to configure this new router; the > Rich> short story is the need to download and install a firmware (OS) > Rich> upgrade and reboot the router. Did that and completed the WAN > Rich> configuration of the router. A message popped up telling me to > Rich> connect the laptop to a LAN port, set it to the proper subnet, and > Rich> connect to the router on it's new IP address: 192.168.55.4. > > Rich> So I configured the connected laptop (running > Rich> Slackware-14.2/64-bits) back to the 192.168.55.0/24 subnet and > Rich> rebooted. Each time I switch subnets I need to have the kernel > Rich> re-read the Ethernet port configuration file > Rich> (/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf) and re-start the internet daemon > Rich> (/etc/rc.d/rc.inetd restart). Having done this (multiple times > Rich> this weekend) I still cannot ping the router on its IP address > Rich> (192.168.55.4) from the laptop (192.168.55.2). > > Rich> Eth0 shows the proper IP address and is UP and > Rich> RUNNING. /etc/resolv.conf is correct. Trying to ping fails: > Rich> 'network is unreachable.' That's usually a resolv.conf problem or > Rich> the kernel not finding the proper IP addresses. Re-starting > Rich> rc.inet1 and rc.inetd this time do not resolve the issue. Web > Rich> searches found nothing useful. > > Rich> I'm at a loss of what else to try; perhaps I'm in a rut and > Rich> cannot see other possible causes of not connecting. Please let me > Rich> know what I've missed here so I can try to complete configuring > Rich> this new router. > > Howabout DHCP? > > > -- > Russell Senior, President > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
