Re: newbie question-ip aliasing

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

ddbrown wrote:
> 
>  These are results of  ifconfig & netstat -rn commands
> 
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:80:C8:FD:12:15
>           inet addr:192.168.1.1    Mask:255.255.255.0
> 
> eth0:0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:80:C8:FD:12:15
>           inet addr:192.168.200.100  Mask:255.255.255.0

Bingo!  192.168.1.* and 192.168.200.* are two different subnets.

Althought it's possible to run two different subnets over the
same cable, it's usually NOT done because of all the problems
it causes because every box is expecting them to be seperate.

That's why your windows box can't ping it.  Unless you changed it,
the windows routing table doesn't know where to find 192.168.200.*
and is probably going to the "default gateway" instead of the
local LAN.

Make your alias in the 192.168.1.[2-254] range, and it should work.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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