[CentOS] Need HELP with old DSL modem setup on CentOS 7

Tue Jul 14 18:46:35 UTC 2020
Kay Schenk <kay.schenk at gmail.com>

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020, 02:35 José María Terry Jiménez <jtj at tssystems.net>
wrote:

> El 13/7/20 a las 0:50, Kay Schenk escribió:
> >>       With your current setup in mind, do you know the modem internal
> >> IP? With that, set your computer's IP to be in the same network,
> >> verify the default route, and see if you can reach out to the modem.
> >>
> > I did this with a new network profile and activated it, but no good. I
> need
> > some info/tools on examining my "network" I think.
> >
> >
> >> Personally I would have the router between the two, but that is
> >> changing the problem instead of helping you fix yours.
> >>
> > Actually the router WAS between the modem and my desktop until I took
> > things apart and the router Was not part of the equation. I wanted to
> > verify the setup I had with JUST the modem, but I am at a loss on how to
> > get CentOS7 to access a "local" url on the same local network without
> > getting the "no network" business.
> >
> > Thank you for your suggestions.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kay
> >
> As Mauricio said you must be in the same network that the DSL modem:
>
> Some considerations:
>
> I assume this is an Ethernet one and not USB one, right?
>
> Which IP are you trying to access?
>
> What is the computer IP and netmask?
>
> Did you tried to connect the MODEM directly to computer and set the IP
> to DHCP? Then look the IP you got and the gateway ( ip address show |
> grep -i "inet\ " **OR** ifconfig |grep -i "inet\ " ) and the default
> gateway ( ip route show | grep -i default )
>
> The "usual" would be you try to access the MODEM in your gateway
> address, but may be other.
>
> The maker and model of MODEM would be great
>
> Good luck
>
> Best!
>

Well I thought I had made some progress yesterday and was actually able to
ping my computer AND the old DSL modem. Unfortunately, I think my network
card has actually died now. 😕

Switched back to an old Ethernet cable and same result.

Thanks for all the help. My research led me to all sorts of useful
information on network naming schemes.

Regards,

Kay


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