[olug] Qwest and IP assignment

[T. J. Brumfield]

The Qwest DSL modems to act as a router.

Tell your friend to go to whatismyip.com

-- T. J.

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Eric Penne <epenne at olug.org> wrote:
> My old actiontec dsl modem from Qwest was a firewall/router and wireless AP.
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> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Eric P <eric.maillist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
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>> I set up and installed a friend's computer recently with Linux.  However, I'm struggling to SSH onto their computer from
>> mine at my house.  Their set-up is basically one computer->modem->Internet.  There's no router.
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>> When I'm at his house 'ifconfig' reports a 10.* address, but if I go to a web site via his computer (one that tells me
>> my IP address) it tells me a 204.* address.
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>> Do these Qwest modems act as a router?  Or am I missing the boat?
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>> Thanks for reading,
>> Eric P.
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