[lug] Networking Question

[jd]

thats why you need to just use layer2 with no ip address.

jd


On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 07:58, Joseph McDonald wrote:
> 
> > It shouldn't matter.  Layer 2 devices shouldn't require any IP information to 
> > function.
> 
> Hmm.. I'm not sure what I may have done wrong.
> 
> When I had it in that configuration, I could ping the LAN ip of
> the device, 10.0.0.3 but I couldn't ping the gateway on the Linksys
> 10.0.0.1. Basically, I couldn't get beyond the D-Link.
> 
> I had:
> Internet ->
> 	MS 1000 -> 
> 	   Linksys (10.0.0.1) ->
> 		->PC 1 (10.0.0.100)
> 		->PC 2 (10.0.0.102)
> 		->Sun  (10.0.0.10)
> 		->D-Link LAN (10.0.0.3)
> 		->Laptop (10.0.0.11)
> 
> All static.
> 
> >From the laptop, I couldn't see anything in front of the D-Link.
> I thought the problem was the WAN address of the D-Link was
> 0.0.0.0 subnet 255.0.0.0 and no gateway. I figured the D-Link
> didn't know what to do with any traffic it got. I'll call them
> on Monday and see what they have to say about it.
> 
> 	--joey
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