Have recently got an APC 1500w and installed an AP9617 network management card however am having issues setting up its IP address.

 

Has any one set this up successfully?

 

This is what i am trying to achieve: http://bruin.me.uk/node/93

 

This is the error that i get:

-bash-3.2$ arp -s 192.168.1.81 00:c0:b7:cb:0e:e8

arp: writing to routing socket: Operation not permitted

 

In the example you linked, they are adding a static arp enrty to associate the MAC address of the card to a IP address.  They then use that IP to access the card. 

 

What exactly is your problem? Are you having issues creating the arp entry?  Depending on your router, you may be able to define it there so it is always mapped.

 

Update:  You would define this arp entry on the PC you want to use to access the card to do the setup, typically it would not be your unRAID server.  If you can reach the card, and you get the error when try and set its IP address, then I do not have a clue as to the issue.

I cannot link the static IP address so cannot access the UPS through its web interface.

 

I have looked at router settings but no way to assign IP to mac address.

 

How else can I assign its IP? The error that I get when using arp is in my previous post.

 

Thank you for the help

What router are you using?  Is it stock firmware. if not what 3rd party are you running.

 

Assuming you are running a windows based PC. Open a command prompt as administrator.  In the command window enter:

 

arp -s 192.168.1.81 00-c0-b7-cb-0e-e8

 

then

 

arp -a

 

and you should see the entry listed.  You should then be able to reach the card.

 

Modified to fix the IP address.

Am using a stock BT Home Hub 4.

 

Tried entering that command and i receive this:

 

-bash-3.2$ arp -s 192.168.3.81 00-c0-b7-cb-0e-e8

arp: invalid Ethernet address '00-c0-b7-cb-0e-e8'

Lets take a step back. 

 

Exactly what are you trying to do. 

 

I am under the impression that it is to access the AP9617 and set a fixed IP.  To do that, you need a temporary arp entry mapping the mac address  to an IP. Then using the IP you can access it via the telnet or web I/F to configure it.  Is this correct?

 

What device are you entering the arp commands into that you keep getting these bash errors? Is it your unraid server?

 

What OS/Version does the computer you use in normal day to day web browsing, checking email etc have?

 

The original error in your first posting you received implies it may be a privilege issue is the way I read it.

 

The example I poster earlier was configured for windows as I stated.  The fact that you are getting a bash errors says you are on a system using some form of *nix.

 

 

I am going to guess that you have an apple.

 

I am not a *nix or mac user, but give this a try.  Or change you user level using the SU command then enter arp command.

 

sudo arp -s 192.168.1.81 00:c0:b7:cb:0e:e8

 

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From:

https://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/51/20120908/manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1173/en_US/IntroCommandLine_v10.6.pdf

 

Commands Requiring Root or Administrator Privileges

Many commands used to manage a server must be executed by an administrator user

or the root user. For example, entering:

server:~ mariah$ shutdown

gives you the following error:

shutdown: NOT super-user

This is because the

shutdown

command can be run only by the root user or by an

administrative user with special privileges. To run commands in this "super user” mode,

use the

sudo

command.

sudo

stands for “super user do.” The following command does

work, (so don’t run it unless you really want to restart your computer):

server:~ mariah$ sudo shutdown

You’ll be prompted for the password of the currently logged in user. Only users that

you have designated as admin users are able to execute commands with

sudo

. If you’re

logged in as a user who isn’t an admin user, you can change “substitute users” by

typing

su

adminUsername

, where

adminUsername

is the name of a user in the Admin

group. After you enter that user’s password, a new shell is launched from the existing

shell, as that user. If a command requires it, you can use

su

to log in as the root user.

Under normal circumstances you don’t need to use the root user account. If you do

su

to the root user, be especially careful, as you have sufficient privileges to make changes

that can cause your server to stop working.

For more information about the

sudo

and

su

commands, see their man pages.

Ok

 

I'm trying to get access to the UPS network configure via a web browser so that I can get it set up.

 

I am entering the commands in a Mac OS terminal window.

 

I'm using last version of Google chrome.

 

Thank you, using sudo it has now accepted the command and shows up when running arp -a