"hence they can't be ping'ed. Same with > ATM switches" Really? I run traceroutes on the web often and many interfaces show up as being ATM_BlahBlah.IP_Address. Are these not ATM interfaces showing up in the output of traceroute? --- Vijay Ramcharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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] ===== Dan West -- CCNA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.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]