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by rmccabe

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I have a lab network that has no connection to the Internet. I need to create one on a temporary basis through our corporate network so that the lab clients can access the Internet.

I installed a second NIC in a Win2k server, installed RRAS and set up routing. The server is not logging in to either the lab or the corporate network.

I am able to connect to the Internet from the server but not from the lab clients. I am able to ping the IP address of the
"corporate" NIC from the lab clients but not it's default gateway.

What am I missing? Am I approaching this the right way?

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by ab troubleshooter

The first thing I would check is to see if you have the correct gateway. The gateway should be the address of the NIC card connected to the lab network. Next on the list should be the subnet mask - are they the same and within the proper range? Also, what range of IP addresses are you using - are you using the corporate range or one of the reserved private network ranges? I know these things sound elementary, but sometimes it is good to check what should be obvious.

by rmccabe

Thanks for your input. The things you mentioned were OK. I had to change the DNS server for the lab client to point to the corporate DNS server and it worked fine. I'm withdrawing the question.

Rob

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