I want to be able to ping from the local site to the remote site with nothing connected to the ethernet interface at the remote site. If I connect a hub into the remote site ethernet port, I can ping from the local site to the remote site as this brings the ethernet interface up. What I was hoping to do was to be able to ping the remote site with nothing connected into the ethernet interface.
As a seperate issue is it possible to configure the routers so that the local site can see all devices at the remote site, but the remote site can only see selected devices at the local site?