Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:31:57 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Noob ifconfig question :-/ .... Message-ID: <544A7EFD.2010003@hiwaay.net>
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.... I have been tussling w/ getting my newly acquired WatchGuard
FireBox Edge firewall appliance setup. It requires a computer on the LAN
on its own IP block (192.168.111.0/8), w/ netmask 255.255.255.0. I
was/am trying to use ifconfig to set this box up on that block
(temporarily !!!) to get that thing setup & configured. When I
(successfully) reset my IP address to 192.168.111.27, I am able to
access the device w/ my browser. However, it asked for a user name &
passwd, which I don't have & which the manual which came w/ it doesn't
specify :-/ .... Any clues what those might be :-) .... Slightly OT, I
realize, however I will probably later try to change it over to *BSD, as
per an earlier post, in case that helps .... TIA for any & all clues ....
Separately, when I reset the IP address of this box back to normal
(192.168.0.27), I could no longer access the web, or my DSL modem (on a
different subnet behind a router (to be replaced by the afore-mentioned
firewall)) w/o rebooting. When I did an 'ifconfig re0', I got almost the
same output as before my twiddling, except that the 'inet' & inet6'
lines were switched (inet before inet6 before twiddling, inet after
inet6 after twiddling) .... Could that be the cause of my inability to
access the modem & web ? TIA here also :-/ ....
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William A. Mahaffey III
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