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    Newbie Cisco 2600 problem

    Right after typing my first reply to your post I drove into the office and had to try our your suggestion. Of course you were absolutely correct - it works perfectly. It just seems so strange to me that the router doesnt inherently know how to pass packets between its interfaces. Now in...
  2. tomsoft

    Newbie Cisco 2600 problem

    Thank you - this looks like it will be useful. I am still somewhat confused however. I knew that I would need NAT/PAT eventually to be able to access my servers from the internet, but I dont understand why the DSL modem (inside interface) doesnt respond to the ping. The outside (WAN) interface...
  3. tomsoft

    Newbie Cisco 2600 problem

    I have commercial DSL service with 5 static addresses. I have been using off-the-shelf LinkSys residential routers with port-forwarding to host some web servers under each of the LinkSys routers. I recently decided to upgrade to a ‘real’ router and bought a used Cisco 2600. I’ll be damned if I...

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