by internal i mean 10.x.x.x. by external i mean 216.x.x.x
the netmasks are correct. in fact the connections worked properly for some
time.
when i use the external IP i try to ping my external gateway (@home's
upstream router). when i use my internal IP i try to ping the internal
gateway associat
Can you define, for us, your take on internal vs. external?
The reason I ask is that if the network portion of the IP address
(the first 2 or 3 octets) doesn't match any IP address assigned to
the gateway, you won't be able to ping it. Also, the netmask has to
match, as well.
If you mean an add
For testing I have been switching my IP address about 4 or 5 times a day
for a week now through linuxconf, from an internal to an external.
Now when set to an external IP my machine won't ping its gateway. I
looked at all the files in /etc and /etc/sysconfig and linuxconf is
making the changes co
