John, It's not that your router can't route to x.x.x.254, just that the gateway (x.x.x.254) has no idea where your internal network is (192.168.0.x/24), so won't route back to it. You need to perform NAT on your router so that as far as the ISP is concerned all your addresses are in the same /24 range which they have issued you.
Gaz ""John Mairs"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi, > > I have DSL with a static IP address/24. the gateway > address is x.x.x.254 and the static IP/24 address that > I have assigned the router is x.x.x.238. for fun I > assigned x.x.x.230 to my printer. > > all addresses on the inside network are > 192.168.0.x/24. > > I can ping x.x.x.238 and x.x.x.230 but not x.x.x.254 > from the inside network. > > I can ping x.x.x.254 from the router (2501 with > secondary ethernet) > > I can't understand why the router will route to the > printer (x.x.x.230) but not the gateway (x.x.x.254) > > I am confused about my router's prejudicial ways. > > any thoughts > > ===== > John L. Mairs > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=30388&t=30388 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
