[PLUG] ER-X: pingable, but cannot log in

[Russell Senior]

Wes commented on this earlier. When your laptop's ethernet link state
changes it is reconfiguring the interface.

On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 8:59 AM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Dec 2019, Rich Shepard wrote:
>
> > Well, since changing laptops resolved the connectivity issues I can
> > quickly re-do everything on this router and get the spare back up and
> > running.
>
> One done, one to go.
>
> 1. Set second IP address (192.168.1.101/24) on dev eth0; that also set the
> route.
>
> 2. Checked by pinging 192.168.1.1. Okay.
>
> 3. Pointed browser tab to 192.168.1.1.
>
> 4. Restored complete config.boot file; saved and rebooted.
>
> 5. Switched cat5e from eth0 to eth1.
>
> 6. Discovered that when the router rebooted it wiped out the interface IP
> addresses on the laptop. How interesting!
>
> 7. Set laptop's interface IP address (ip addr add 192.168.55.6/24 dev
> eth0);
> that set the route, too.
>
> 8. Repointed browser tab to 192.168.55.4, logged into router using default
> name/password.
>
> 9. In Users tab changed login name/password.
>
> 10. In Systems set host name, time zone, and upgraded OS to 2.0.8.
> Rebooted.
>
> 11. Repeated Step 7.
>
> Logged in to the router using new name/password.
>
> What must have switched me off the track to success using the Dell is the
> loss of interface IP address and route when the ER-X reboots. I must not
> have checked that properly.
>
> My thanks to Russell, Wes, Tomas,
>
> Rich
>
>
>
>
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