#1 Plug laptop into eth0

#2 Edgerouter X defaults to 192.168.1.1 as did the TG589vac, but that doesn’t matter as it is now just a modem.

#3 get on same net segment… statically configure laptop to IP 192.168.1.42 (‘cause Douglas Adams, obvs) NM 255.255.255.0 DG 192.168.1.1

#4 Browser to 192.168.1.1, default login usr and pswd: ‘ubnt’ / ‘ubnt’

🎲🎲 Dice!

OOH WHAT A PRETTY INTERFACE. Kinda overwhelming actually. Enable SSH, enable DNS forwarding on all interfaces. Should be good to go right? Wrong!

$ ping 1.1.1.1
PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=59 time=15.007 ms
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=59 time=15.275 ms

$ ping gnu.org
ping: cannot resolve gnu.org: Unknown host

Oh noes.

$ ssh 192.168.1.1 -p 2222 -l ubnt

ubnt@ubnt:~$ show dns forwarding nameservers
-----------------------------------------------
 Nameservers configured for DNS forwarding
-----------------------------------------------
1.1.1.1 available via 'system'
8.8.8.8 available via 'system'
89.145.254.78 available via 'ppp pppoe0'
94.30.127.100 available via 'ppp pppoe0'

ubnt@ubnt:~$ ping 1.1.1.1
PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_req=1 ttl=60 time=18.4 ms
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_req=2 ttl=60 time=14.6 ms

ubnt@ubnt:~$ ping google.com
PING google.com (216.58.213.78) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from lhr25s01-in-f14.1e100.net (216.58.213.78): icmp_req=1 ttl=57 time=15.3 ms
64 bytes from lhr25s01-in-f14.1e100.net (216.58.213.78): icmp_req=2 ttl=57 time=15.3 ms

ubnt@ubnt:~$configure
uubnt@ubnt#set service dns forwarding system
uubnt@ubnt#commit
uubnt@ubnt# commit
[edit]
ubnt@ubnt# save
Saving configuration to '/config/config.boot'...
Done
[edit]
ubnt@ubnt# exit
exit
ubnt@ubnt:~$

🎲🎲 DICE!

Now for the rest of the network… but it’s sooo nice outside. There’s this orange thing in the sky, apparently