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by rsm01

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I am running Windows Small Business Server 2003 and I have one network connection to the internet. I can connect server to local intranet but cannot connect to the Internet. When I type in the ip address, default gateway and subnet mask for connection to the internet I get the following alert:

"The IP address specified for the local IP address of router is not within the same address space(subnet) as the IP address and subnet mask specified for the network adapter. This will resumt in connectivity problems."

Another Alert which I get for same problem is:

"Multiple default gateways are intended to provide redundancy to a single network (such as intranet or internet) they will not function properly when the gateways are on two separate, disjoint networks..."

Obviously both connections are not the same. What should I do to resolve this issue?

Thanks

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by matthewrlovell

it appears that your Windows machine is not capable of classless routing. Say your IP address is 10.1.1.1/24 with a default gateway of 10.1.1.254 it would work. but if you are using an IP that is not withing the range specified by the subnet. So 10.1.1.1/24 could not have a default gateway of 10.1.2.1. If you are using your server on a WAN you should have a small block like a /30 that would work. If you are using PPPoE on your Windows server, you shouldn't have to specify this information

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