Well if there are more routers in between, the short answer becomes: All routers in between the two end points need to know the routes to both end points. -Sietse ________________________________ From: netfilter-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Diana Asnani Sent: Wed 07-Jun-06 14:24 To: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: newbie at routing !! RTFM? no, the VLANs are not connected to the same router...the vlan router for 192.168.206.1 is 192.168.206.14 the router is Cisco... yes, i will take your valuable advice... >From: "Sietse van Zanen" <sietse@xxxxxxxxx> >To: "Diana Asnani" <sakal_woman@xxxxxxxxxxx>, ><netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: RE: newbie at routing !! >Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 13:17:14 +0200 > >I am very tempted to just shout RTFM here. But then again, I'm already >pissed at some other people, so let's just go back into friendly mode.... >;-) > >If your PC has default route set to the VLAN router (192.168.202.14) that >part is ok > >The VLAN router will then need to know the route to 202.184.41.41/32 for >the host itself or 202.14.41.0/24 if you need to reach the whole subnet, is >via 192.168.206.1. I'm assuming both VLAN's are on the same VLAN router. > >I don't know anything about your VLAN router, so I cannot tell you the >command, but on cisco it will be: >ip route 208.184.41.41 255.255.255.255 192.168.206.1 (or for subnet ip >route 208.184.41.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.206.1). > >But if I must give you some real valuable advise, educate yourself. This is >just part of the very basics of networking. > >-Sietse >________________________________ > >From: netfilter-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Diana Asnani >Sent: Wed 07-Jun-06 12:46 >To: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: newbie at routing !! > > > > >Hi Vinod, > >thanks for the reply...the gateway for my 192.168.202.1 PC is >192.168.202.14 >which is the vlan router which enables me to ping the 192.168.206.1 vlan >address...for the route in the network device control, the destination >network is 192.168.206.0, the subnet mask 255.255.255.240 and the gateway >as >192.168.202.14...this is what i have done so far...i am not too sure on how >i should configure a default gateway ot static route... > > >From: Vinod Chandran <vinod_chandran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: Diana Asnani <sakal_woman@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Re: newbie at routing !! > >Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:17:47 +0530 > > > >Hi, > > > >You need to have a route configured to reach 202.184.41.0/24 network. > >Check ur routing table > >May be u need to configure a default gateway or a static route. > > > >Regards, > >Vinod C > > > >Diana Asnani wrote: > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>I need help!! My VLAN IP is 192.168.202.1. I can ping another PC with >the > >>VLAN IP of 192.168.206.1 but i can't ping the 202.184.41.41 address in > >>that PC. Am i supposed to do some sort of routing configuration? I am > >>using FC3 as my OS. What am i supposed to do to ping 202.184.41.41? >Thanks > >> > >>_________________________________________________________________ > >>Get your mobile ringtones, operator logos and picture messages from MSN > >>Mobile http://msn.smsfactory.no/ > >> > >> > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Find just what you are after with the more precise, more powerful new MSN >Search. http://search.msn.com.my/ Try it now. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Block pop-up ads with MSN Toolbar. http://toolbar.msn.com.my/