Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:29:43 -0500 From: "Don Munyak" <don.munyak@gmail.com> To: Questions <questions@totaldiver.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address Message-ID: <6207f7d90701182029y22995be6k66cac1d2b8a2b92@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <53833.71.122.228.226.1169138664.squirrel@mail.totaldiver.net> References: <53833.71.122.228.226.1169138664.squirrel@mail.totaldiver.net>
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On 1/18/07, Questions <questions@totaldiver.net> wrote: > > Hello, > > > Let me preface this mail by saying: I'm an idiot. > > > Now that we've gotten that out of the way, you don't have to say it! > > > I have a piece of networking equipment that does not have a "factory > defaults" button on it. it has to be RMA'd and returned to the > manufacturer if you can't remember login credentials (forgot > username,pass/IP, etc) > > I was assigning the unit an IP address of 172.20.1.x but I typod it. > 127.20.1.x and as you can guess, I can't connect to the unit from any > other device now. 127.x is loopback. > > I have tried assigning a 127.20.1.x address to an ethernet interface in a > FreeBSD box, and removinging the 127.0.0.1/8 on localhost. I've also > gone into the routing table, and removed all traces of routes for 127.x > and finally, *tried* creating a route for 127.20.1.x to go out the > ethernet interface (link #2) > > The problem with everything above is: no matter what ip/subnet > combination I use, I get a message (when adding the route) that the > network is unreachable. Then, when I try to ping the device from the > fbsd box, I get "ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address" > > My question is: Is it possible in any way, to change the 127 routing to > pass out my ethernet card long enough to re-ip this device? I haven't yet > come up with a decent solution. > > Thanks for any thoughts, > > Jeff > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > What's the piece of equipment? Is there a serial(comm) port ?
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