>On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Michael J. Hartwick wrote:
>
>> >I can ping them fine from the Portmaster, running OS 3.5. The route shows up
>>
>> This means there is a bidirectional route from the PM to the other side.
>>
>> >traceroute to consultechusa.com (199.171.29.33), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
>> > 1 lookingglass (199.171.28.1) 0 ms 10 ms 10 ms
>> > 2 pm2 (199.171.28.13) 0 ms 0 ms 10 ms
>> > 3 * * *
>> >direction, but not getting past the pm2 to their destination.
>>
>> I would guess that the packets are making it past the PM but the other
>> side doesn't have the route(s) to send the response back to anything
>> beyond you PM. I would guess that the problem is in the routing on the
>> other network and not a problem with the PM.
>
>Using OSPF? If not, then put a route into your router pointing to the
>PM...that is one way of doing it...maybe not the best, but it should work
>until you get VLSM or OSPF running.
It was Daniel having the problem, I gues I went a little crazy clipping
the lines of the message :). My guess was that the network that he is
connecting doesn't have the routing quite right. If I understand his
problem OSPF wouldn't work anyway because it is a "dialup" connection and
not dedicated.
>
>--
>Aloha,
>
>Sherwood
>
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Michael J. Hartwick, VE3SLQ
Hartwick Communications Consulting
hartwick@primeline.net