From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 2 21:29:40 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B6854D56 for ; Sat, 2 Aug 2014 21:29:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from IMAIL5.netenterprise.net (imail5.netenterprise.net [64.29.90.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7361B2087 for ; Sat, 2 Aug 2014 21:29:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net [66.180.149.18] by IMAIL5.netenterprise.net with ESMTP (SMTPD-12.3.0.100) id 23f70003990e4d7b; Sat, 2 Aug 2014 11:29:32 -1000 Message-ID: <53DD5834.6010607@hdk5.net> Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 11:29:24 -1000 From: Al Plant Reply-To: noc@hdk5.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Polytropon Subject: Re: switch to DCHP from static ip References: <53DC43AA.8080509@hdk5.net> <53DC4D2D.8010501@hdk5.net> <20140802080340.GA18971@slackbox.erewhon.home> <20140802230729.617ab1ec.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20140802230729.617ab1ec.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Roland Smith , alplant@att.net, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 21:29:40 -0000 Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 2 Aug 2014 10:03:40 +0200, Roland Smith wrote: >> Home routers generally have a web server running on their internal network. >> You can use it to check and change (parts of) the configuration such as DHCP. >> So try pointing your browser to 192.168.200.1. More often than not the default >> login name / password combination is admin / admin. > > Allow me an addition: > > Some home routers with a web interface allow you to also > define fixed (local) addresses depending on the MAC address, > so the DHCP server will issue the same IP every time a > given device connects. However, not all routers support > that function - I have already met models where you can > select the local IP range (192.168.x.[y-z]), but you > cannot set fixed addresses... > > Regarding the admin access: On some models, the factory > setting is printed on the back, or it comes with the docu- > mentation provided by the ISP which "normal people" > immediately throw away after receiving their new shiny > equipment. ;-) > > > ##### From the telcom. Thay did not leave any documentation. I got some from PACE website and from the FreeBSD Gurus. For which I am thankful. This PACE 5168NV router is labled as : http://192.168.200.1 For configuration purposes. :) ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol