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by sagager 1 view

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Real Scenario:
Location1/Network1 192.168.254.0 (L1/N1)
Server: Novell SBS NW5(SP5)
IP 192.168.254.1/255.255.255.0
Novell Groupwise 5.5
Gateway 192.168.254.254 (Internet DSL Router)
Cisco Router IP 192.168.254.6/255.255.255.0
Clients: Windows 98

Location2/Network2 192.168.253.0 (L2/N2)
Unix Server IP 192.168.253.1/255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.253.6 (Cisco Router)
Cisco Router IP 192.168.253.6/255.255.255.0
Clients: Windows 98
The Cisco Routers are used only to connect L1/N1 to L2/N2.
It is not being used for the Internet access.

I need to make Clients on L2/N2 access and login to Novell Server on L1/N1 and access the Internet.

Clients from L1/N1 are able to access the Unix Server on L2/N2
only if a route is added manually to the Client's local routing table
like this: route add 192.168.253.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.254.6 metric 1

And the access is done merely by IP address.
This line is entered automatically on the login script of each client on L1/N1
Note: The route added manually can only be added after you past the login to network dialog box.
This route is also erased once the client computer is rebooted.

Question:
How can I make clients from L2/N2 be able to loginto Novell Server on L1/N1 and access the Internet?

I tried adding the route manually from L2/N2 to access L1/N1 and the access is successful
only by IP. Means that the Clients on L2/N2 are only able to ping the Novell Server.

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by Former member

Sounds like your router needs to be running a routing protocol such as RIP. Then you need to provide your Default Gateway IP address on your Clients and change it to the router if not already. Your ip default route on the router should point to the DSL router.

by sagager

Thanks for th answer.
Maybe what you mention makes sense. I actually remeber the Cisco guy that configured the router, mentioning not enabling IPX forwarding. It has probably also something to do with the RIP protocol. As far as the Cisco Router Pointing to the DSL Router, is already done. All clients on L2/N2 are pointing to the gateway which is actually the router on the location.

by sagager

Problem still persists.
The clients on both networks points to the Cisco routers. The can ping each other (clients). The network is not using the IPX protocol and will be using only TCP/IP.
Still clients on L2/N2 cannot login to the Netware server.

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