On Monday 17 May 2021 at 20:35:41, Hendrik Boom wrote:

> The first step is to use a browser to connect to http://192.168.1.1

The second step (in IP terms) is to connect *from* an address that 192.168.1.1
can reply to.

> Now that means I have to configure my routing tables so that packets to
> 192.168.1.1 will go to port ethv0, which is where the modem is
> connected.

Just add an address in the 192.168.1.0/24 range to your interface ethv0, and
it will (a) create the routing table entry for you, and (b) ensure that the
router can reply to your browser.

How to do that?

Old style: ifconfig ethv0:1 192.168.1.42

New style: ip addr add 192.168.1.42/24 dev ethv0

Once you're done:

Old: ifconfig ethv0:1 down

New: ip addr del 192.168.1.42/24 dev ethv0


Antony.

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