Attempting to tweak the configuration of the ER-X (port eth1) using the Dell
2100 (interface eth0) I'm encountering loopback address and routing issues
that I've not fixed using ip.
When the laptop boots 'ip link show' has only 127.0.0.0/8 (the loopback
interface) when I expected it to have 127.0.0.1/24.
Running 'ip link set eth0 up' brought up the eth0 interface. Then
'ip route 192.168.55.3 via 192.168.55.4 dev eth0' returns
RTNETLINK answers: network is unreachable
(When I change the interface address to 192.168.55.3/24 RTNETLINK answers
'Invalid argument'.)
My understanding is that this is a DNS lookup issue. The laptop's
/etc/resolv.conf contains:
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 192.168.55.1
Because the laptop is not connected to the LAN, only to the ER-X, I expected
the loopback address would work, but ip is not seeing that address for some
reason I've not before encountered.
# ip r show
# 127.0.0.0/8 dev lo
What I want to do is change adminname and password, adjust the DHCP range,
and upgrade the OS to 2.0.8 yet I have apparently hit the edge of my
networking knowledge in trying to both fix the lo IP address and establish
communications with the ER-X so I can make the changes.
Looking forward to expanding my network knowledge.
Regards,
Rich
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