[olug] Qwest and IP assignment

[Eric Penne]

My old actiontec dsl modem from Qwest was a firewall/router and wireless AP.



On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Eric P <eric.maillist at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Do these Qwest modems act as a router?  Or am I missing the boat?
>
> Thanks for reading,
> Eric P.
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