Chapters: 
Camelot

🎺 Let the trumpets sound! 🎺
Fred the Traveller, child of older Windows realms, now crosses the bridge to Camelot and joins the circle.

🛠️ STEP-BY-STEP: Assign 10.20.30.3 to Fred (Windows 11, the Right Way)

✅ Step 1: Open Classic Network Adapter Settings

  1. Open Control Panel

  2. Go to: 

    Network and Internet → Network and Sharing Center → Change adapter settings
  3. Right-click on your active Ethernet adapter → choose Properties

✅ Step 2: Configure IPv4 Settings

  1. In the list, find and select: 

    Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
  2. Click the Properties button

  3. Select: 

    Use the following IP address:
  4. Fill in: 

| Field               | Value                       |
| ------------------- | --------------------------- |
| **IP Address**      | `10.20.30.3`                |
| **Subnet Mask**     | `255.255.255.0`             |
| **Default Gateway** | `10.20.30.2`                |
| **Preferred DNS**   | `10.20.30.2` *(or 8.8.8.8)* |

 

🔁 Why the Change?

We originally routed through Camelot (.1) as the gateway, but  now I restored the previous routing setup via Frodo (.2), as per my logs from last month. ✅

If we reconnect Camelot to the internet or use it as a proxy again in the future, we can switch back. But for now: Frodo is our path to the outside world. 🌐

 

🧪 Step 3: Verify Fred’s Arrival

Open Command Prompt on Fred: 

ping 10.20.30.1    ← test Camelot
ping 10.20.30.2    ← test Frodo

You should see replies like: 

Reply from 10.20.30.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

🎉 Welcome to the Shire, Fred 

| Hostname | IP Address   | Role                 |
| -------- | ------------ | -------------------- |
| Camelot  | `10.20.30.1` | Proxmox server 👑    |
| Frodo    | `10.20.30.2` | Dual-homed laptop 🧙 |
| **Fred** | `10.20.30.3` | LAN ambassador 🪟⚡   |

🧙 Next Optional Quests

  •  Add Fred to WORKGROUP or SHIRE
  • Enable file sharing on Fred
  • Map shares from Camelot to Fred
  • Browse Proxmox GUI on https://10.20.30.1:8006 from Fred

Would you like to set Fred’s Workgroup name next? Or perhaps bestow upon him his first shared folder in the realm?