[NTLUG:Discuss] Gateway on a different subnet?

[Leroy Tennison]

Neil Aggarwal wrote:

>Hello:
>
>I am setting up a server for a client's network.
>
>Their network admin gave me the IP info and it looks strange to me.
>The machine's IP address and the gateway are on two separate subnets.
>I have always had the gateway and the machine IP on the same subnet
>and am wondering if this will work.
>
>Here are the settings (Numbers masked with letters):
>Machine IP 66.b.c.d 
>Subnet Mask 255.255.255.243
>Gateway IP 209.e.f.g
>
>This just does not look right to me.
>
>Can someone confirm that this will work/not work?
>
>Thanks,
>	Neil
>
>
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If it's going to work at all it's going to be due to something exotic 
like another NIC in the machine with a 209.?.?.? address, a second IP 
address (209.?.?.?) on the 69.b.c.d NIC, some other protocol (like IPX 
or NetBIOS) between hosts which is making them think IP is working when 
they are really communicating by that other protocol (is this Windows?). 
 I don't know what would happen in a VLAN situation with both subnets.