What happens if you try and ping google.com? Does the DNS resolve?

On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 at 12:23, Terry Coles <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 06/02/2026 12:13, Hugh Frater wrote:
> > No SSH access enabled on your ReadyNAS, Terry?
>
> That was a very useful suggestion.
>
> terry@optiplex:~$ ssh [email protected]
> [email protected]'s password:
>
> Welcome to ReadyNASOS 6.10.10
>
> Last login: Sun Nov 27 09:59:12 2022 from 192.168.1.21
> admin@ReadyNAS:~$ ls
> admin@ReadyNAS:~$ ping 8.8.8.8
> PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
> ping: permission denied (are you root?)
> admin@ReadyNAS:~$ sudo ping 8.8.8.8
> -bash: sudo: command not found
> admin@ReadyNAS:~$ su
> Password:
> root@ReadyNAS:/home/admin# ping 8.8.8.8
> PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=0 ttl=117 time=6.124 ms
> 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=1 ttl=117 time=5.749 ms
> 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=2 ttl=117 time=5.722 ms
> 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=3 ttl=117 time=5.729 ms
> 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=4 ttl=117 time=5.864 ms
> 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=5 ttl=117 time=5.791 ms
> 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=6 ttl=117 time=5.782 ms
> 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=7 ttl=117 time=5.828 ms
> ^C
> --- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
> 8 packets transmitted, 8 packets received, 0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max = 5.722/5.823/6.124 ms
>
> So only root can gain access to the Internet.  Why would that have changed?
>
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