From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 18 17:08:35 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A97DA16A416 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:08:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from questions@totaldiver.net) Received: from mail.totaldiver.net (fl-209-26-20-205.sta.embarqhsd.net [209.26.20.205]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79CE813C4CE for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:08:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from questions@totaldiver.net) Received: from mail.totaldiver.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.totaldiver.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60205B86E for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:44:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from 71.122.228.226 (SquirrelMail authenticated user questions@totaldiver.net) by mail.totaldiver.net with HTTP; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:44:24 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <53833.71.122.228.226.1169138664.squirrel@mail.totaldiver.net> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:44:24 -0500 (EST) From: "Questions" To: questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:08:35 -0000 Hello, Let me preface this mail by saying: I'm an idiot. Now that we've gotten that out of the way, you don't have to say it! I have a piece of networking equipment that does not have a "factory defaults" button on it. it has to be RMA'd and returned to the manufacturer if you can't remember login credentials (forgot username,pass/IP, etc) I was assigning the unit an IP address of 172.20.1.x but I typod it. 127.20.1.x and as you can guess, I can't connect to the unit from any other device now. 127.x is loopback. I have tried assigning a 127.20.1.x address to an ethernet interface in a FreeBSD box, and removinging the 127.0.0.1/8 on localhost. I've also gone into the routing table, and removed all traces of routes for 127.x and finally, *tried* creating a route for 127.20.1.x to go out the ethernet interface (link #2) The problem with everything above is: no matter what ip/subnet combination I use, I get a message (when adding the route) that the network is unreachable. Then, when I try to ping the device from the fbsd box, I get "ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address" My question is: Is it possible in any way, to change the 127 routing to pass out my ethernet card long enough to re-ip this device? I haven't yet come up with a decent solution. Thanks for any thoughts, Jeff