Re: newbie question-ip aliasing

["ddbrown" <ddbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Bruce
Thanks for the help. It works now.

Many Thanks
Darren

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bruce Smith <bruce@armintl.com>
To: <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: newbie question-ip aliasing


> 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.
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> 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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