Indeed. > So your remote network is in fact _part of the office network_. > I'd guess the office router will try to reach the remote hosts on his > _local_ ethernet, and will not even try to dial out. But only as long as proxy ARP is not enabled. Ascend gear can cut out whole subnets, not only single IPs, very nicely from a larger net. In fact we've used this a couple of times and it gave us the chance to avoid the silly subnetting of a /24. Be sure to use Proxy Mode=Always, as the above requires this if the office router should also call out. If not use Proxy Mode=Active. > BTW, while changing your IPs :-), I'd avoid a "255" octet in a valid IP. > There are dim memories in the back of my brain that a valid IP may not > contain all 1's. I'd be cautious here. But then we are living in '97 not '85 where (from todays viewpoint) braindead RFC 950 subnetting hit us badly. With the '87 advent of VLSM this should have vaporated, and sure it has since '94 and the broad deployment of CIDR. Actually forbidding two whole subnets just to get a hack working so that damn old RIP doesn't need to communicate netmasks and still not fail is a hack in itself and its extreme penetration of the IP community is surprising (I have heard stories from Cisco support persons who didn't know what "ip subnet zero" and "ip classless" are good for and why they exist at all). I wouldn't change my IPs if a silly piece of hardware can't handle it correctly - I'd rather trash the silly piece of hardware. For gods sake this is _no_ problem with Ascend gear ;-> -- Kanther-Line: PGP SSH IDEA MD5 GOST RIPE-MD160 3DES RSA FEAL32 RC4 +-o-+--------------------------------------------------------+-o-+ | o | \\\- Brain Inside -/// | o | | o | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | o | | o | Andre' Beck (ABPSoft) beck@ibh-dd.de XLink PoP Dresden | o | +-o-+--------------------------------------------------------+-o-+ ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg10815.html">Re: (ASCEND) (PIPELINE) What is wrong</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: "Dr. Wolfgang Beneicke" <beneicke@otto.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11286.html">Re: (ASCEND) anyone know if bri bug is fixed yet?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11284.html">(ASCEND) Secure Access Firewall,</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10815.html">Re: (ASCEND) (PIPELINE) What is wrong</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10589.html">(ASCEND) Secure Access Firewall and AOL/Compuserve</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#11285"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd236.html#11285"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>