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RED15 reconfiguring

BjoernStoehr

Hi,

i have little problem in reconfiguring our RED15 device. It is the first RED device we have.

I configured it for testing purposes for my home network. At home i have no DHCP Server, so i configured a static ip like (192.168.179.20/24) and used the "manual per USB". At home plugged in the usb stick and everything works fine. The RED tunnel is up and i can connect to the company site.

Now i want to reconfigure the RED for another location. What i´ve done is to delete the red and configured it again with another static ip. (i used the unlock code which is generated the first time) Downloaded the file and put it on the usb stick. Booted the RED but it can´t reach the router. Hmm, tried another usb stick. Nothing. Took the RED back to my home and there it works again. It would not update the config with the new ip for new location. Ok, then i tried it without an unlock code (only needed when connecting to a new utm?) nothing. It won´t work with a new config file.

I deleted the RED again and made an new config, therefore i got a new unlock code. Which code is now active, because the config is the first config never updated, but in utm i have now the 3rd config?

Now i am a little confused.

Thanks a lot

Bjoern

PS: is there a way to get output from the console port? logging or something?



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  • When using RED with USB config, you MUST put it back into standard config mode (provisioning server) before moving it or it will not be able to reach the provisioning server to get the new config for the new location and will be nothing but a brick. Use a config backup from when you were using USB config and get the RED back to a location where it can connect with this config. Then you can change it to provisioning server config and make your changes.

    @Twister:  "You downloaded a file? - this can only be achieved when setting up the UTM as a red device"  Negative, there is a USB config option under advanced.  Definitely not recommended, as it's a bit of a nightmare to move afterwards.  I played with this once, forgot about it, then shipped the RED several thousand miles away to connect to a different UTM.  I was able to fix it via some DNS fakery to get the RED connected again to the original UTM, so it could be changed back to provisioning server mode.  Not a lot of fun.

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  • When using RED with USB config, you MUST put it back into standard config mode (provisioning server) before moving it or it will not be able to reach the provisioning server to get the new config for the new location and will be nothing but a brick. Use a config backup from when you were using USB config and get the RED back to a location where it can connect with this config. Then you can change it to provisioning server config and make your changes.

    @Twister:  "You downloaded a file? - this can only be achieved when setting up the UTM as a red device"  Negative, there is a USB config option under advanced.  Definitely not recommended, as it's a bit of a nightmare to move afterwards.  I played with this once, forgot about it, then shipped the RED several thousand miles away to connect to a different UTM.  I was able to fix it via some DNS fakery to get the RED connected again to the original UTM, so it could be changed back to provisioning server mode.  Not a lot of fun.

    __________________
    ACE v8/SCA v9.3

    ...still have a v5 install disk in a box somewhere.

    http://xkcd.com
    http://www.tedgoff.com/mb
    http://www.projectcartoon.com/cartoon/1
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