Re: setting up a system with no keyboard

2004-06-09 Thread doug
thanks - I would not have known to try that

On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, Dan Nelson wrote:

 In the last episode (Jun 05), [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
  The question is: can I gain access without one?
 
  The system with no keyboard is 4.8, the rub is it is configured with
  an IP address not on the LAN. I have physical access to the system.
 
  I tried: route add 204.156.12.157 -interface ep0 and sorta got what
  I wanted.

 The best way would be to do something like

 ifconfig ep0 inet 204.156.12.156 netmask 255.255.255.0 alias

 , since you have no guarantees that the remote system has a route back
 to your real IP address.  With an aliased IP, the remote system should
 realize it's talking to a machine on the same subnet.

 Just make sure the ip address you pick isn't already in use.

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Re: setting up a system with no keyboard

2004-06-05 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jun 05), [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
 The question is: can I gain access without one?
 
 The system with no keyboard is 4.8, the rub is it is configured with
 an IP address not on the LAN. I have physical access to the system.
 
 I tried: route add 204.156.12.157 -interface ep0 and sorta got what
 I wanted.

The best way would be to do something like 

ifconfig ep0 inet 204.156.12.156 netmask 255.255.255.0 alias

, since you have no guarantees that the remote system has a route back
to your real IP address.  With an aliased IP, the remote system should
realize it's talking to a machine on the same subnet.

Just make sure the ip address you pick isn't already in use.

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Dan Nelson
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