Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0

[Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>]

On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 11:50 -0600, Joseph wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 13:38 -0400, Willie Wong wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 10:02:08AM -0600, Joseph wrote:
> > > I have a device with an IP 192.168.0.1 which I need to access via
> > > browser.
> > > My PC gets an IP via DHCP from the router.
> > > What should I use for gateway? I've tired 192.168.0.0  192.168.0 
> > 
> > huh? if you get the IP via DHCP, doesn't it also set up the gateway?
> 
> No, I set my firewall/router with my numbers.  My main network is set to
> Gateway 10.0.0.1  and DHCP pool range (so other devices an get the IP
> automatically) is 10.0.0.150 - 10.0.0.180
> 
> But the deice I have has a preset from the factory static IP 192.168.0.1
> If they set it to anything else like 192.168.0.10 or 192.168.0.100 it
> would be easy.
> I could set my gateway to 192.168.0.1 and DHCP pool range to
> 192.168.0.10 to 192.168.0.100 and it would work.  
> 
> When I try to set my gateway to 192.168.0.0 my DHCP pool range
> 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.100 doesn't work.
> 
> I'm using PC base firewall freesco.


Try this:

on your desktop, which normally has a 10.0.0.x address, add a virtual
entry for eth0, in other words give it another IP address in the subnet
needed by the other device:

something like:

ifconfig eth0:1 192.168.0.10 up

and you should be able to communicate directly with the device.

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> #Joseph
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Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>

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