Ok, so I'm setting up a home network, and having a problem. I have a server (which will eventually run apache, sendmail, etc.), and that's hooked up to a cable modem. That works beautifully. On a second NIC (onboard, actually), I have a connection to a router. Another computer also connects to the router. Neither computer seems to be able to ping the router. Nor can I point the browser to 192.168.0.1 from either computer. It times out on the server and gets refused right away on the second desktop. Any help is appreciated. Andrew

Do you want to configure the server as a gateway/router?
How are the PC's connected to the router? Are you using the router as a switch only?

Are you assigning static IP addresses or DHCP? What are the IP's of each PC?

Sorry, I should have been more clear. Yes, I'm using the server as a router. What I called the router (which is an actual D-Link wireless router), i'm using as a switch (nothing connected to the WAN port). The server is getting a dynamic IP from the cable modem, and has a static IP address of 192.168.0.10 on its second NIC. The router is supposed to come with a preset static IP of 192.168.0.1, and the other computer i have set to a static IP of 192.168.0.2.

1: be sure to use a "computer to hub/switch", ethernet cable.
2: be sure that the IP, 192.168.0.1, for the router is the good one
3: try to reset the configuration of the router
4: a Hub just connect computers cables together, the switchs are more sophisticated, be sure it is not just a hub you have
5: try to ping directly the second computer connected to the router.
6: you will never be able to ping or access the router through a port, if your network, inside both computers, doesn't match the network of the router. (192.168.0.*)

First, If you are sure that's the IP address of the router is good, put a static IP in both computer. Like 192.168.0.2
for the first, and 192.168.0.3 for the second with a netmask of 255.255.255.0 and try again to ping the router. Now the network will match.
Or get the IP through the DHCP server of the router.


I hope it can help.
Sorry for my bad english.

DHO! you posted your second post before I click on submit

I do recommend a port scanning.
Try: nmap -P0 192.168.0.1

it will not try to ping the router.
You will see if you can access a port, to be able to configure the switch. It can use a different port than 80.

And ping might be blocked by the switch built-in firewall, if he has one.

Can you ping the two PCs?

I was able to resolve this problem. Thanks for all the suggestions. There was a messed up rule in my firewall that was borking things up.