Hi, I am running Raspbian, on my Raspberry Pi I have plugged in a Ethernet cable : eth0 and a Wifi Usb Dongle : wlan0

I have my etc/network/interfaces file configured like so

When trying to connect with SSH to address 192.168.1.100, I get a connection, when trying with address 192.168.2.200, SSH returns Network Error: Connection timed out.

Also receive no response when trying to ping 192.168.2.200 from a windows machine

If however Iadjust the wlan0 block in etc/network/interfaces to the following

I am able to connect to wlan0 in SSH to address 192.168.1.200, and I also receive requests when ping 192.168.1.200 from a windows machine.

How can I use a different subnet for my wlan0 iface

At first glance I'd think you could put a gateway in the wlan settings.

This assumes a lot however too.

Gateway doesnt do anything, plus it also works in my example above without one when address is 192.168.1.200 but not 192.168.2.200

In a simple local LAN 192.168.1.0/24 or netmask 255.255.255.0 valid address are 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.254. Since 192.168.2.xxx is outside the range of valid addresses the computers can not talk to each other.

Normally in a managed wireless network all devices communicate via the access point. All wireless traffic goes between the router and whatever device is connected to the network. If you change the Pi's wlan static IP address to something outside the valid range it will not be able to communicate with the router.

Wireless devices can not communicate directly between each other on a managed network. To do this you need to setup the Pi wlan using ad-hoc mode which means you need to route traffic between your wired network and the Pi. If your USB wireless adapter is capable you can configure the Pi as an access point.

So what are you trying to accomplish?

I am trying to accomplish being able to access wlan0 via 192.168.2.200 and eth0 via 192.168.1.100
Surely there must be some config which allows this, I cant believe its this hard.

I tried editing netmask to netmask 255.255.0.0 to both blocks in my [i]etc/network/interfaces[i] however this still doesnt let me connect.

Do understand what I wrote about wireless networks in my previous post? I understand the task but understanding the end goal might help us offer better help.

Changing the netmask to 255.255.0.0 would then make it the same subnet. If you do want to try it then you need to change your computer, router and Pi netmask to 255.255.0.0?

Due to being a wireless it might be easier to switch and have the wired connection on a different subnet. You can add an IP alias and manual route on your computer. Others might have a better idea.

Ok... show up the output of this command from the pi (as root):

Then, what is the network configuration of the computer where you are trying to ping the pi from? It is also connected to both networks (192.168.1/24 and 192.168.2/24)?