Greg Macaulay wrote: > > Stop the presses -- > > I solved the problem!!!!
Great! > > (1) I needed to have connectivity between the router and my > LAN. So I > connected the E0 interface to the Cable-Modem Router (10/100). > (2) Then I configured the E0 interface to be on the same subnet > as my LAN. > > And much to my "aged" amazement (and relief!) -- it worked. > > BTW -- one can ping in hyperterminal -- from the router to the > PCs on the > LAN. > > Cork>ping 192.168.1.101 How can you be a lawyer and be OK with using such imprecise language as "ping in HyperTerminal." Please assure me that you understand what you're really doing when you type characters in HyperTerminal. You can "erase startup" and "reload" in HyperTerminal too. I highly recommend you try it. Let us know what happens. Priscilla > Type escape sequence to abort. > Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 192.168.1.101, timeout is 2 > seconds: > !!!!! > Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = > 1/2/4 ms > Cork>ping 192.168.1.103 > Type escape sequence to abort. > Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 192.168.1.103, timeout is 2 > seconds: > !!!!! > Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = > 1/2/4 ms > Cork> > > Lastly, thanks for your offers of assistance. I do feel a bit > stupid in > bothering everyone. But it's been a few months since I fired > up these > routers and I overlooked some basics!! Oh well . . . . > > Thanks again -- and I owe you one. > > Greg Macaulay > Oldest Human Being preparing for the CCIE Lab > Lifetime AARP member > Retired Attorney/Law Professor > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nobody@;groupstudy.com] > > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:00 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Problems w/Hyperterminal?? [7:56619] > > > > > > Creighton Bill-BCREIGH1 wrote: > > > > > > > > How can you ping from a DOS prompt if the destination is > > > crossing a repeater > > > with a speed mismatch? A FastEthernet-only hub won't allow > > > comms between > > > 10Mb/s devices, so if you wouldn't have any visibility to > that > > > device, > > > whether from a DOS prompt, Hyperterminal, or anything... > > > > > Good point. If a station can send a packet, such as a ping, > it's unlikely > > that there are any physical or data-link-layer problems. If it > > can't receive > > a packet, it makes sense to look above those layers. There > are some > > unidirectional problems, but they are pretty rare. Some > > protocols, including > > STP, deal with the infamous "one-way connectivity" problem, > but I bet it > > happens pretty rarely. > > > > I had a new theory about what would cause his symptoms, or at > least what I > > think his symptoms are: > > > > PC can ping router. > > PC can Telnet to router?? (we're not sure if he's Telnetting > or not) > > Router can't ping PC. > > Router can't TFTP a file to the PC. > > > > Possible explanation: the PC is running a firewall! From my > > knowledge of the > > default behavior of many personal firewalls, this seems > rather likely. > > > > There could be an access list on the router too that could > cause this. > > > > Gotta run. I promise no more messages on this topic! ;-) > > > > _______________________________ > > > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > > www.troubleshootingnetworks.com > > www.priscilla.com > > Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=56722&t=56619 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]