[lug] talking to a 10.x.x.x box

[David Trowbridge]

That looks like the router is acting as a gateway. See if you can
determine the IP address of the router - it will also need to be
configured to redirect incoming connections (something most broadband
ISP's don't take kindly to, such as @home).

Hope this helps,
-David

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David Trowbridge
jupiter at flatirons.org
http://jupiter.babylonia.flatirons.org

"Base 8 is just like base 10 really...if you're missing two fingers"
	-Tom Lehrer

On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, McIllece wrote:

> I have a question about connecting to a friend's stand-alone machine.
>
> He's been using Linux for about a year and recently got DSL through Qwest.
> Qwest provided a Cisco 678 router and a Qwest technician configured it (set the
> password) after fixing some problem with the DSL line.
>
> After my friend got on the internet using his new DSL line, I asked him what his
> current IP address was.  He did a /sbin/ifconfig and sent me the eth0 entry for
> his ethernet adaptor and it showed an inet address of 10.0.0.2.
>
> I've never seen a machine with a 10.x.x.x address.  I do know that www.arin.net
> says "These blocks are reserved for special purposes" and that I can't even ping
> that address.  I'm lost as to why he doesn't have a normal IP address or how I
> might be able to connect to his machine.
>
> Might anyone know?
>
> TIA,
> Matt
>
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