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Question concerning routing
ok, in case anyone else has this problem, linsys has an option in the filters to block wan requests, which is enabled by default. thats why i couldnt ping his router. thank you for your help anyway though. -
Question concerning routing
is nat something i have to actually set up in the router configuration? -
Question concerning routing
ok, i understand now. so how would i make it so that when i send the ping out, it shows to his router as being from my routers ip instead of mine? and once this is done, how will my router know that the information should go back to my computer instead of another one on my network? -
Question concerning routing
im a little confused about that. i am pinging his wan ip. our lan ips are different, but we are on separate networks, and the ping should never even get to his ip, because im pinging the routers ip. -
Question concerning routing
oh, and the ip i am pinging is his routers wan ip. -
Question concerning routing
im sorry, i mistyped that, it was a bit early and i was frustrated. we are both on internal networks behind routers. both routers are using 192.168.1.1 as the lan ip address, but they have seperate wan ip addresses. we do both subscribe to the same isp, cox cable. subnet mask for routers is... -
Question concerning routing
I have been trying to teach myself tcp/ip networking, so pardon me if this is a pretty "duh!" question. I set up a home wireless network for my computer on 802.11b, through a linksys wireless nic and wireless router. A buddy of mine is also on a home network through a linksys router...
