The config restore is going to obliterate the config, including your username password change, so do that second.
On Fri, Dec 20, 2019, 15:25 Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > On Fri, 20 Dec 2019, Russell Senior wrote: > > > You need to configure your laptop with a static IP, at least until you > get > > the DHCP server on the ERX running again. > > Almost there. > > Now using the ThinkPad X200[1]. > > Did another power-on reset of the new ER-X. Connected the laptop to the > router's eth0. > > On the laptop: > > ip address add 192.168.1.55/24 dev eth0 > ip route add 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 > > Now ping 192.168.1.1 sent packets are received. Good. > > Using firefox, opened 192.168.1.1 and logged in using ubnt/ubnt. > > In the User tab added (changed) login name and password. > > In the System tab added host name, LAN DNS IP address, domain name; > restored > Russell's config.boot. Unfortunately, forgot to change the DHCP address > range; will do so after I get access to web interface again. > > As the router rebooted I moved the Ethernet cable from eth0 to eth1. Reset > laptop's eth0 interface address to 192.168.55.6. > > Root can ping 192.168.55.4 (router1's LAN gateway address) and firefox > loads > the router's login page. But, when I enter the changed login name and > password the ER-X tells me that one or the other is incorrect. > > If 192.168.55.6 can ping 192.168.55.4 does the first interface need to be > replaced with one from the router's DHCP lease range to be able to log in? > > Is there a way to determine what it wants without re-doing everything? > (Which takes time but now the process listed above works using the X200.) > > Rich > > [1] I've given up on the Dell Latitude 2100. Removed partitions on the 110G > SSD. It has a new battery, too. It's going to Free Geek unless someone here > wants it. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
