Thanks for going through this systematically and with care Russell, On my part, I admit that I really did not pay attention to 2lan versus 2lan2 difference. I thought it is just a typo. I am sorry if I caused confusion.
-T On Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 20:35 Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > First, restore the config I sent you. > > You'll need to restart your network, since you'll get a 192.168.55.x > address after the ERX restarts. > > Read this: https://dl.ubnt.com/guides/edgemax/EdgeOS_UG.pdf > > In particular, see Chapter 10 which covers users. > I'm not sure where you'd set a hostname for the router. I am also not clear > why you'd need that. If you want to create a local DNS mapping between > names and your local IP address, look in Chapter 7 under the section > labelled DNS. > > Chapter 12 covers Wizards. Turns out Tomas and I guessed wrong about the > wizard names: > > "There are two SOHO deployment setup wizards available:• WAN+2LAN The > WAN+2LAN > setup wizard is the most basic version available. The WAN port is eth1. Go > to the WAN+2LAN Wizard section below.• WAN+2LAN2 The WAN+2LAN2 setup wizard > allows you to bridge the LAN interfaces and/or change the subnets > configured > on the LAN interfaces. The WAN port is eth0. You can also configure user > accounts during setup." > > In addition, at the beginning of each wizard description, the manual says > (varying slightly by wizard): > > "You can still use the WAN+2LAN setup wizard even if the EdgeRouter is > already configured. The WAN+2LAN setup wizard ***will replace the entire > configuration*** and require a reboot when the new configuration is > applied." (emphasis added). > > If you were starting from scratch, the "Basic Setup" (which is the same as > WAN+2LAN2), would be the thing to use, but not if you wanted to keep > anything already configured on the device. Furthermore, I'm pretty sure > restoring a configuration also completely obliterates what was there > before. > > If you restore my config, you can ignore the wizards completely. > > > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 5:03 PM Russell Senior <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I matched the configuration you sent me, exactly, with the two exceptions > > I explicitly mentioned. The wizard was not needed and is what stomped on > > the configuration I had set up, and indeed was probably not what you > > wanted. As Tomas suggested, the wizard you clicked on was probably to set > > up one WAN and two LANs. You only need one (or only needed one in the > > configuration you sent me, and you didn't tell me any different). If you > > can get to the web interface, you shouldn't need to try to reset it. If > you > > get a 192.168.1.x address through DHCP, the router will be at 192.168.1.1 > > (not .4). Try there. > > > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 3:12 PM Rich Shepard <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 18 Dec 2019, Russell Senior wrote: > >> > >> > The WAN+2LAN2 wizard is almost certainly what broke it. Rich asked me > to > >> > configure it, which I did. There was never any mention that WAN+2LAN2 > >> was > >> > desirable or desired, so I'm perplexed why Rich would have felt > >> motivated > >> > to click on that option. Luckily, he has two, unless he possibly broke > >> > both of them at the same time. > >> > >> I thought that's what I wrote. I 'desired' it because that's how the > >> original er-x was configured. Not the WAN+2LAN but the WAN+2LAN2. > >> > >> Anyway, I rebooted the Dell it came up with the DHCP lease of > 192.168.1.38 > >> but does not allow me to log in using either the default or re-assigned > >> login names and passwords. > >> > >> So, I'll read how to reset it to factory defaults and start from > scratch. > >> As the Dell now accepts leases on eth0 I'll be able to re-do the wizard, > >> services, and system configurations. > >> > >> Rich > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PLUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
