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Q: Connect 2 PC's on different subnets via a Win 2003 RRAS

For testing purposes, I am trying to.

I have the following setup:

PC1 ip: 192.168.254.1
subnet: 255.255.255.0
dgway: 192.168.254.252

Win2003 Server
nic1: ip: 192.168.254.250
subnet: 255.255.255.0
dgway:

nic2: ip: 192.168.253.254
subnet: 255.255.255.0
dgway:

PC2 ip: 192.168.253.10
subnet: 255.255.255.0
dgway: 192.168.253.254

On 192.168.254.252 is our Cisco PIX firewall through which we connect
to the Internet. I am unable to connect PC1 and PC2 together. I can from PC2 to
192.168.253.254 and 192.168.254.250.

Is there anything I need to set within the Routing and Remote Access,
or do I need to set a static route or something similar on the PIX
firewall?

A1: this is a routing issue.

PC1 ip: 192.168.254.1
subnet: 255.255.255.0
dgway: 192.168.254.252

since the pc1 dg point to the Cisco PIX, all traffic to the firewall. So, in the firewall, you need to add another route back to 192.168.253.0 if the traffic to the pc2. Alternatively, you may add route in the pc1 manually.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE