From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 19 04:58:55 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 A184C16A407 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:58:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from don.munyak@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F26D13C469 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:58:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from don.munyak@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k27so382560nfc for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:58:54 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=eCx2UytgFVeKlmA4ACaTSzF8JRIWHHc+rIoGVcW6ZjhREPP9J0fJwi4PveeSuG1KqlZIqHzSdVoMQdJtZN4U8+hqG72I1+rEjxWU6h+rc03G5gBNWW407FOTSJY4KNWr8NBLlfrzPFvn3N/J4nvFZzzXLp7w4UpIiIxjod/ecFo= Received: by 10.82.169.4 with SMTP id r4mr432340bue.1169180983323; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:29:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.168.6 with HTTP; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:29:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <6207f7d90701182029y22995be6k66cac1d2b8a2b92@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:29:43 -0500 From: "Don Munyak" To: Questions In-Reply-To: <53833.71.122.228.226.1169138664.squirrel@mail.totaldiver.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <53833.71.122.228.226.1169138664.squirrel@mail.totaldiver.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:58:55 -0000 On 1/18/07, Questions wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > What's the piece of equipment? Is there a serial(comm) port ?