RE: [cobalt-users] Why ???

[Rickard Osser <ricky@xxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Darryl Harvey wrote:

> Hmmm, That seems to be it, but why is it being set to 192.168.0.2 in the 
> first place?
> 
> It shouldn't be.
> 
> And if I alter any settings via the web interface at a later stage, will 
> this be re-written with the 192.168.0.2 address again ???
> 
> Seems like a bug to me!
> 
It's not a bug.
DIALD need to send the network-packets you want to send to the Internet
somewhere to catch it to open the phoneline...
So, they define a virtual net 192.168.0 sets your defaultgateway to an
address there and then scans the packets destined for that network.

When it get's one it starts dialing and sets up your PPP-link.

Straightforward and easy. Cobalt could have choosen any valid or
non valid network-number, BUT, for someone it would probably clash anyway,
so, in this case you got cought... If they had used 10.0.0 someone else
might have clashes, or if they had used 192.168.1 I would have to renumber
at home...

No problem, live with it, and use DHCP, which means it's a no brainer to
renumber! :)

Best regards,

Rickard Osser
Manager
Osser Brosoft AB		Distributor of Cobalt Networks servers
Maria Bangata 6			Computer Consultants
S-118 63 Stockholm, Sweden	Networking, DOS/Win/Mac/Linux/Unix
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> Darryl
> 
> 
> At 12:45 29/11/99 , you wrote:
> >Try looking at this file:
> >
> >/etc/diald.conf
> >
> >That is where this ip address is being set for diald. I'd try changing it to
> >what you want it to be and see what happens (make sure you make a backup
> >copy of diald.conf before screwing with it). Make sure you change both the
> >"local" and "remote" entries to the same subnet.
> >
> >Restart the daemon after you change the conf file and see if it still works.
> >I do not use modems with my Qube2's, so I have not run into this problem.
> >
> >Hope this helps. Let me know.
> >
> >
> >Peter L . DeLong
> >President, Northeast Ohio Digital Inc.
> >Phone (330) 854-0225
> >Fax (330) 854-9991
> >
> >http://www.neod.net
> >
> >email: pldelong@xxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Darryl Harvey
> >Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 8:12 PM
> >To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Cc: support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [cobalt-users] Why ???
> >
> >
> >Why does the Qube 2 consume the IP Address of 192.168.0.2 on the sl0 port
> >?? (especially when using a modem)  Even if the ppp port is a different IP,
> >it still uses 192.168.0.2 (See the modem status panel)
> >
> >It's doing something really weird.
> >
> >
> >Can Someone please answer this ??  Cobalt have not provided any answers,
> >they just say "Don't use this range".  But my whole network is using this
> >range, I don't want to reconfigure my whole network because the Qube is
> >doing something it shouldn't..
> >
> >Unless someone can tell me why I can't....
> >
> >Help please.  Can any Qube 2 owners look at their ifconfig stats and see if
> >192.168.0.2 is being used by sl0, else if you have a modem connected, look
> >at the modem status in the web admin pages, you will see that address.
> >
> >
> >
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