Not so. Assign an IP address to an interface and they're perfectly pingable. -----Original Message----- From: Roger Wang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 5:24 PM To: Sameh Badros; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Bridge is a layer 2 device. They will not show up as a "hop" when doing a traceroute, hence they can't be ping'ed. Same with ATM switches, or LAN switches like a Cat5. HTH, Rog > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Sameh Badros > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 2:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: > > > > > > I am using Bridging between 2 routers connected through T1 but I am unable > to ping from either side..any ideas ? > > > Thanks in advance, > > Sameh > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > ___________________________________ > UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]