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    • provelsP
      provels
      last edited by provels

      @bigjess007 Here's what we can try to find the IP address of the Asus wireless router. Look at the label on the Asus and write down the MAC address if it's there (it will be in hex format, looking something similar to 00-15-5d-00-14-30 or 00:15:5d:00:14:30).

      Then open up a command window like you did to get the IP address info you earlier posted to Imgur. This can be done on any connected computer. We know the Virtualbox computer is 192.168.10.111, so hopefully the rest of the network is also 192.168.10.xxx.

      Type ping 192.168.10.255 and hit enter. It will ping 4 times and end.

      Then type arp -a and hit enter. It should return the IP and MAC addresses of all network connected devices.

      Match up the MAC address of the Asus to the display and note the IP address associated with it. For example, the first entry in mine is my PF and the second and third are my 2 wireless access points.
      fd3ccdc5-3b34-4a39-b001-bc2b3fde5b6b-image.png
      Then open a browser and try to connect to either
      http://<the Asus IP address> or
      https://<the Asus IP address>

      If we're lucky you'll see a login prompt somewhat like this. If the fields are pre-filled, hit Sign In or try the DD-WRT login info you have. Fingers crossed. If you can't determine which MAC belongs to the Asus, post a screen cap like you did earlier and maybe we can muddle through. :)
      0123a391-5d00-4f2c-b017-c0b6953f1e71-image.png

      Peder

      MAIN - pfSense+ 24.11-RELEASE - Adlink MXE-5401, i7, 16 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD. 500 GB HDD for SyslogNG
      BACKUP - pfSense+ 23.01-RELEASE - Hyper-V Virtual Machine, Gen 1, 2 v-CPUs, 3 GB RAM, 8GB VHDX (Dynamic)

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      • provelsP
        provels
        last edited by

        Wonder how this all turned out.

        Peder

        MAIN - pfSense+ 24.11-RELEASE - Adlink MXE-5401, i7, 16 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD. 500 GB HDD for SyslogNG
        BACKUP - pfSense+ 23.01-RELEASE - Hyper-V Virtual Machine, Gen 1, 2 v-CPUs, 3 GB RAM, 8GB VHDX (Dynamic)

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Yeah. Tough situation. Hope they were able to get everything under control.

          Steve

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          • provelsP
            provels @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10 Maybe I should doc my network for my heirs? Nah. They'll just recycle it anyway. LOL

            Peder

            MAIN - pfSense+ 24.11-RELEASE - Adlink MXE-5401, i7, 16 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD. 500 GB HDD for SyslogNG
            BACKUP - pfSense+ 23.01-RELEASE - Hyper-V Virtual Machine, Gen 1, 2 v-CPUs, 3 GB RAM, 8GB VHDX (Dynamic)

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              I mean I'm not sure I'd want to burden anyone with a lot of the obsolete junk I have. 😉

              Makes you think though....

              Steve

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              • provelsP
                provels @stephenw10
                last edited by provels

                @stephenw10 Don't get me started. I'll just leave instructions to hit everything with a hammer. Let me tell you about My Everex Cube, circa 1992, Full-house, 64MB RAM, 2! 2GB SCSI drives and SCSI CD, 486DX2-66 upgrade!, $10,000 new... Hey, where ya going...? LOL

                Peder

                MAIN - pfSense+ 24.11-RELEASE - Adlink MXE-5401, i7, 16 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD. 500 GB HDD for SyslogNG
                BACKUP - pfSense+ 23.01-RELEASE - Hyper-V Virtual Machine, Gen 1, 2 v-CPUs, 3 GB RAM, 8GB VHDX (Dynamic)

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