icmp problems

[Walshie]

Hi,

I am having trouble pinging a remote network from my PC.
The route is set up correctly, and I can ping (and get a reply from) the remote if I ping from the router on my LAN.
However, I can't ping from my workstation to the remote although the default gateway is set to that of the router on my LAN, and I can telnet into it.

Anyone help??

Thanks

 

[ADB100]

When you ping from the router it will use the source IP address of the nearest interface to the destination by default; the chances are the IP address it is pinging from is reachable from the remote device. Your PC is likely to be on an IP network the remote device has no route back to (or at least its default-gateway hasn't). Try an extended ping from your router specifying the LAN interface (your default-gateway) as the source (type ping and press return, enter the details and select 'Y' to extended commands and specify the source interface).

Andy