[olug] Qwest and IP assignment

[Shannon]

well a 10. address is a private address.  you may need to use a third party
to connect though like https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/list.asp



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.
>
>
>
> 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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