[techtalk] arrgs! routing issues - who's fault?

[Walt]

<blush> <smack self on forehead...>

Ack! Ok, played with netmask a little bit, set
it at 255.255.255.0.  and everything seems
to be working like a charm..

LOL unbelievable. Should've asked 'em that first thing...

Thanks James & Kristin!

Walt

-~

At 12:52 PM 2/21/01 -0600, you wrote:

>My initial thought is "subnet mask"... have you verified that this is set
>properly?
>
>Kristin
>
> >
> > I need help with this... I recently was assigned a
> > static IP by my cable modem ISP. However,
> > shortly thereafter I was no longer able to ping
> > a very few internet addresses that are on their
> > network. i.e. other IPs on the 24.137.x.x network.
> >
> > Some of them are my biggest customers and
> > need to be able to access files on my server, but
> > the ISP says it's my routing issue even though I
> > have no trouble pinging other internet addresses.
> >
> > I don't even know what info is necessary to
> > determine the problem. Can anyone help? What
> > information do I need to try to troubleshoot it?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Dennis
> >
> > -~
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