Computer help needed - tracerouting problem

[gmtonga]

Hie everybody,

I am managing two networks and have done the routing that I feel is necessary. Pinging from one router to a local machine on the other network is successful. But pinging from a local machine behind this router to a machine (server) on another network is timing out. What could be the problem here?

could someone help please?

[joe greiner]

Probably not here, I'm afraid. This is for woodworking routers, not computer systems.

Joe

[Pulse]

I suppose check the routing tables and then if that doesn't work, ask on a computer forum!

Cheers
Pulse

[MrFixIt]

Hi

Hie everybody,

I am managing two networks and have done the routing that I feel is necessary. Pinging from one router to a local machine on the other network is successful. But pinging from a local machine behind this router to a machine (server) on another network is timing out. What could be the problem here?

could someone help please?

Sounds like a firewall problem.

[Cliff Rogers]

Nuh, Pulse nailed it, you have to let the local PC know to look for the other network via a gateway IE. the router on the local network.

Pop a cmd prompt & type in 'route ?' and read the help file.
The line you need to add to your start up file will be somthing like the following;

route ADD 192.168.2.0 MASK 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1 METRIC 2

This is assuming your local PC is on the 192.168.1.0 network, the local router is 192.168.1.1 & the remote PC is on the 192.168.2.0 network.

Same for the reverse trip... The remote PC/server would need something like the following;

route ADD 192.168.1.0 MASK 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.1 METRIC 2

This is assuming your remote PC/server is on the 192.168.2.0 network, the remote router is 192.168.2.1

You may have to fiddle with the METRIC value & you may find that you can leave it out completely.

Hope that helps. :2tsup:

PS. Do you think this thread should have been moved... :rolleyes:
If, poor old gmtonga comes back, how is he/she going to find the answer now. :D

[joe greiner]

I see it's been flagged as "moved" in the router sub-forum. He/she would probably look there first.

Joe

[woodbe]

Also, before you change anything, make sure that the machine you are pinging TO doesn't have ICMP ping turned off on the firewall.

A good place to start is to check the ping to the local router, then the remote router, then the remote PC.

Cliff is right, the routing table must show this PC where to direct packets to get to the remote PC.

woodbe.

[ozwinner]

Make sure you have your fingers clear of the bit when you turn it on.

Al :)

[Cliff Rogers]

Make sure you have your fingers clear of the bit when you turn it on.

Al :)

If you don't it might byte you on the digits. :D