From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Nov 12 10:14:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA23706 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:14:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (SRI-56K-FR.mt.net [206.127.65.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA23700 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:14:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: from rocky.mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA11543; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 11:13:45 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.mt.sri.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA04886; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 11:13:44 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 11:13:44 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199711121813.LAA04886@rocky.mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Eddie Fry Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wrong remote IP In-Reply-To: <199711122325.QAA08877@wicked.eaznet.com> References: <199711122325.QAA08877@wicked.eaznet.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Eddie Fry writes: > I have a remote wireless bridge that had the wrong IP address put into > it. Is there a way I can telnet to it if I know the incorrect IP > address? Not without a machine on the same network that is configured to use the same network address. If you have a machine that has two networks cards in it, you can configure one to the 'normal' network, and another to the 'bogus' network, and connect through it. > I'd hate to drive out there and get it. I tried: route add > -host bad.ip.addr.here gateway.to.wireless.subnet but with no luck. Nope, that won't work since the routers know that packets destined for the wrong IP don't belong on their network. Nate