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