I would think that that subnet means everything is local, so it would
not have a problem going to that address. (Maybe???)
Paul
--- Steve Rosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As a shot in the dark - my favorite debugging technique - I set the
> external submask to 0.0.0.0 and it worked - I can't explain why I can
> route through a cable modem with a 10.x.x.x address or why a zero
> submask works; But it does!
>
> The picture looks like this:
>
> Internal STN NIC: 192.168.0.1 (gateway for internal network)
> Internal Submask: 255.255.255.0
>
> External STN NIC: 208.59.204.185
> External Submask: 0.0.0.0
>
> Gateway: 10.17.61.170 (address of cable modem)
>
> ...steve...
>
>
> Steve Rosen wrote:
> >
> > I've been a happy STN user for about two years. Everything was
> fine,
> > until I had to replace my cable modem due to a failure. My ISP is
> RCN
> > (www.rcn.com) and they provide HyBrid cable modems.
> >
> > If I plug a laptop directly into the new cable modem and enable
> DHCP,
> > winipconfig tells me the following:
> >
> > IP Address: 208.59.204.185 (address of laptop via DHCP)
> > Gateway: 10.17.61.170 (address of cable modem)
> > Subnet Mask:255.255.255.0
> >
> > My STN box is a 486 with two 3COM 509B's (that have always worked
> like a
> > champ). My internal network starts with the internal STN port =
> > 192.168.0.1, and the various clients (Solaris, RedHat, and Wintel)
> are
> > 192.168.0.101 to 192.168.0.105.
> >
> > When I enter the appropriate info and build the disk, I will always
> get
> > "Unreachable" when I try to ping the external port on the STN box
> > (208.59.204.185). The "Unreachable" message also appears while
> booting
> > the STN box, too. Obviously, I get the same error if I try to go
> beyond
> > that to the cable modem itself (10.17.61.170).
> >
> > My prior cable modem would DHCP an address one more then the cable
> modem
> > itself (like 209.122.65.64 and 209.122.65.63), but this one returns
> > addresses that are totally different.
> >
> > Any help in configuring STN would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > ...steve...
>
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