Router will only forward with host routes

[jeremys8137]

we have a 2800 series router functioning as our internet router and it will only forward packets to addresses with host entries in the routing table even if the network is directly connected. any ideas?

[jeremys8137]

In my defense I just started working here and haven't gotten around to cleaning up the configs on the euqipment - the last network guy was really a windows admin that read a couple networking books.

[John Blakley]

On fa0/0, you have an address of x.x.x.65 with a mask of 255.255.255.240. You have a static route that points to x.x.x.64 255.255.255.240. Is the .65 host in the .64 network, or are these different and I can't see it because of the Xs?

In other words, is it like:

40.40.55.64 255.255.255.240

and on f0/0

40.40.55.65 255.255.255.240

OR is it like:

33.33.55.64 255.255.255.240

and on f0/0

40.40.55.65 255.255.255.240

Does that make sense? If it's the first scenario, you don't need this route...

[jeremys8137]

its the first scenario, in the heat of the moment we were just trying to cover all bases.

[John Blakley]

Okay, final thing...has anything changed on the asa? IOS update, config changes? When you create your static route, the router doesn't arp for the address it simply routes it. I'm wondering if the ASA is blocking the request. I have no way of testing this though unfortunately...

** Edit **

I found this:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa72/configuration/guide/bridgarp.html

But it's only affecting ASAs that are in transparent mode.

HTH,
John

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