Win2000 Static IP Problem

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I have two computers, running Win2000Pro. I normally run static IP's
on the entire network. I have two machines in the network that will no
longer route while using Static. Any sugestions. If I allow them to
use DHCP from my router, they work just fine. If I assign a static,
they will access the LAN but will NOT go beyond the router. All other
machines in the building work just fine. Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.

Wally
 
I have two computers, running Win2000Pro. I normally run static IP's
on the entire network. I have two machines in the network that will no
longer route while using Static. Any sugestions. If I allow them to
use DHCP from my router, they work just fine. If I assign a static,
they will access the LAN but will NOT go beyond the router. All other
machines in the building work just fine. Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.

Wally
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Without any details of your network setup and IP addressing scheme,
it's hard to say what's wrong.

Check the subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS server addresses that
you've assigned.
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Steve said:
Without any details of your network setup and IP addressing scheme,
it's hard to say what's wrong.

Check the subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS server addresses that
you've assigned.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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I apologize, entire network runs a 10.254.38.x with 255.255.255.0, DNS
all works, Gateway is setup. I can ping anything on the local subnet
with a static IP, but I can't route through the gateway, even with it
setup. If I switch the system to run DHCP it works fine. The problem
is that I don't normally have a DHCP server running, so it causes
problems with the machines.
 
I apologize, entire network runs a 10.254.38.x with 255.255.255.0, DNS
all works, Gateway is setup. I can ping anything on the local subnet
with a static IP, but I can't route through the gateway, even with it
setup. If I switch the system to run DHCP it works fine. The problem
is that I don't normally have a DHCP server running, so it causes
problems with the machines.
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I'm sorry, but I don't have enough information. Please give all of
the relevant details about your setup. What does "can't route through
the gateway" mean? What are you trying to do? What exactly happens
when you do it?

What are the results of these commands? Each one should get four
replies:

ping <default gateway address>
ping <DNS server address>
ping 66.93.87.2
ping -a 66.93.87.2
ping google.com

What are the contents of the computer's route table? You can write it
to a file with this command, then copy/paste it into your reply:

router print >route.txt
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If i put a static IP in the machine, it acts like it has NO gateway.
Even though I can ping the gateway, ping my DNS server, ping anything
locally, it will NOT ping anything beyond the gateway. It acts just
like a machine that you didn't put a gateway in. I have verified that
the gateway is there, but still nothing. My gateway is 10.254.38.249.
I can ping it and anything on the network, but I can not ping anything
else. If I turn up a DHCP server and then set either of the two
machines to obtain automatically, they work perfectly. I don't
normally run DHCP as we have several other pieces of equipment that are
not, shal we say, DHCP friendly. It creates several other issues on
the network when the DHCP is active. Can you think of any reason a
machine would not use a gateway even when it is configured?

Thanks again for your time and effort.
Wally
 
If i put a static IP in the machine, it acts like it has NO gateway.
Even though I can ping the gateway, ping my DNS server, ping anything
locally, it will NOT ping anything beyond the gateway. It acts just
like a machine that you didn't put a gateway in. I have verified that
the gateway is there, but still nothing. My gateway is 10.254.38.249.
I can ping it and anything on the network, but I can not ping anything
else. If I turn up a DHCP server and then set either of the two
machines to obtain automatically, they work perfectly. I don't
normally run DHCP as we have several other pieces of equipment that are
not, shal we say, DHCP friendly. It creates several other issues on
the network when the DHCP is active. Can you think of any reason a
machine would not use a gateway even when it is configured?

Thanks again for your time and effort.
Wally
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I'm sorry, but without the results that I asked for (ping commands and
route table), there's nothing more I can do. There are several
possible error messages from a ping command, and I need to know the
exact message for each command. The route table is crucial to the
problem.

I'll do my best to help if I can see those results.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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