Problem setting up XP Pro as a router

20 Sep 2006 3:29 PM

jimzat

I have a Windows XP Pro box (machine name SOFTD) with 3 NICs in it and
I am trying to set it up to route traffic between two of the NICs.

I changed the registry parameter "IPEnableRouter" to "1" on SOFTD as
directed in a couple of other postings but that hasn't helped.

On PCs (XP and Win98) on the corporate network (10.3.x.x) I added
static routes to 192.167.1.0 via 10.3.6.42. I am able to ping the
interface on SOFTD (192.167.1.1) but not a machine on the development
network (192.167.1.3). (From SOFTD I am able to ping 192.167.1.3.)

Here is the result of the "ipconfig /all" command on the "route
server"...

C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SOFTD
        Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : ********.com
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : ********.com
                                            ***************.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com EtherLink XL 10/100
PCI For Complete PC Management NIC (3C905C-TX)
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-03-34-47-9E
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.9.200.64
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ***************.com
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
Connection
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-11-8E-C8-30
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.3.6.42
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.3.0.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.3.2.100
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.3.2.100
                                            10.1.2.222
                                            10.1.2.220
        Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.3.2.100
        Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 10.1.2.222
                                            10.1.2.220
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 20,
2006 9:57:40 AM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, September 21,
2006 9:57:40 AM

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT
Desktop Adapter

        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-07-F6-6A-9C-6F
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.167.1.1
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

C:\>

Any ideas?

JiMZ

20 Sep 2006 10:43 PM

Ian

A lot would depend on the routing/gateway settings on the client machines.

is there a static route for the subnet served by the router, or only for the
one computer, 192.167.1.0 ?

21 Sep 2006 4:48 AM

jimzat

On the client machines I have the following in the routing table

192.167.1.0 255.255.255.0 10.3.6.42 10.3.6.x