01-04-2005 03:52 PM - edited 03-05-2019 11:23 AM
Hello guys
I was using ping on the 2524 with IOS 12.1 and did NOT get a reply from a serial 0 interface. I check the interface. It was UP and UP. Since I was on a console session, I check ethernet 0 it was up and up. I got a reply from it with ping? After doing a little more research(CDP), I noticed that the other routers' interface was not on the same network IP with mine. After readdressing (word?) the other router Serial 0, the console session ping to my router worked!
Question, why does another interface IP address have to work in order to test a local interface on a console session?
I was using a back to back cable between the routers could this be a cabling or pinout issue?
Thks
Bill
01-04-2005 10:26 PM
Hello,
as I remember it, on non-broadcast media, traffic destined for the local interface is first sent to the other end of the link, and is then redirected back. So if your remote end is not reachable, you cannot ping your local interface either.
HTH,
GP
01-04-2005 11:19 PM
Just adding that if your interface is UP and UP, cabling or pinouts will not be the issue.
Josef.
01-05-2005 12:47 AM
Just to add: The ping will go out to the remote router and back again (provided the remote router is correctly configured), and the response will do the same, i.e. be routed out to the remote and back again.
Kevin Dorrell
Luxembourg
01-05-2005 07:25 AM
Thanks guy
That help
Bill
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