[PLUG] Router configuration: connecting laptop [FIXED]

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 7 Dec 2019, wes wrote:

> Specifically, and I'm only pointing this out in the hopes this will be
> helpful in the future:
>
> # ip add show eth0
> 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group
> default qlen 1000
>     link/ether b8:ac:6f:69:63:ca brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>     inet6 fe80::baac:6fff:fe69:63ca/64 scope link
>        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>
> where is the "inet" line? You should have one similar to this:

Wes,

Update: restored config.boot on new ER-X. Now it has IP address
192.168.55.4.

Reset Dell 2100's eth0 to 192.168.55.3. Restarted rc.inet1; rebooted Dell.
That should put both hosts on 192.168.55.0/24. Yet once again I cannot reach
the router via ping or the web interface. Yet,

# ip add show eth0 
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
     link/ether b8:ac:6f:69:63:ca brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
     inet 192.168.55.3/24 brd 192.168.55.255 scope global eth0
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
     inet6 fe80::baac:6fff:fe69:63ca/64 scope link
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

inet4 line is present. Dell network reconfigured and restarted, system
rebooted, 'ip r' shows a working route:
192.168.55.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.55.3

but network is still unreachable. Shouldn't be.

Stymied again,

Rich