[Solved] Access devices factory conf. with IP addr outside

yarug · Last edited by yarug on Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:19 pm; edited 1 time in total

Hi all,

I have a small network that I maintain that has a few Gentoo boxes configured as follows:

box 1:
#LAN
config_eth0=( "192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 brd 192.168.0.255" )
#WAN
config_eth1=( "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.128" )
routes_eth1=( "default gw xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" )

box 2:
config_eth0=( "192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 brd 192.168.0.255" )
routes_eth0=( "default gw 192.168.0.1" )

box 3:
config_eth0=( "192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 brd 192.168.0.255" )
routes_eth0=( "default gw 192.168.0.1" )

box 1 is connected to the Internet on if eth1 and to the LAN on if eth0. It acts as a gateway/firewall. box 2 and box 3 are on the LAN and have their gateway configured to be box 1.

This setup works fine for most things. However, I have a few devices (router/powerswitch/LOM) that I would like to access from the LAN. These devices are configured with their own static IP address that is outside of my subnet. For example the IP address of the router is 169.254.20.132 and the powerswitch's IP address is 192.168.168.168.

How can I now access these devices from my own subnet (other then reconfiguring these devices physically)? I tried ping and telnet, but that does not work (because the packets are not being routed?).

Any help appreciated!
Nes

poly_poly-man · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:31 pm Post subject:

AFAIK, you do have to either: change subnets, or change the device setup.

What would I do? Dhcp.

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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:36 pm Post subject:

yarug,

Set some additional IP addresses in the correct subnets to your LAN PC(s)

yarug · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:28 pm Post subject:

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:02 pm Post subject:

yarug,

Yes it will. It allows that box to talk to those subnets.
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yarug · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:19 pm Post subject:

Ah, this appears to be working. Should be only a temporary solution anyway, until I can change the factory assigned IP addresses.

Many thanks!