From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Nov 12 13:13:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA09424 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 13:13:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from panda.hilink.com.au (panda.hilink.com.au [203.8.15.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA09418 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 13:12:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from danny@panda.hilink.com.au) Received: (from danny@localhost) by panda.hilink.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA00251; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 08:12:38 +1100 (EST) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 08:12:37 +1100 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" To: Nate Williams cc: Eddie Fry , isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wrong remote IP In-Reply-To: <199711121813.LAA04886@rocky.mt.sri.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Nate Williams wrote: > 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. You don't need a second NIC. Simply do ifconfig ed0 1.2.3.4 alias telnet 1.2.3.1 (where 1.2.3.1 is the IP of the bridge) When you have finished, 'ifconfig ed0 1.2.3.4 delete' to remove the alias. Danny