Say for example you are using a subnet of 255.255.255.224...
This gives you 6 different networks off the class c network block. Its
possible to have the router, ie gateway, on a diffeent network while
having the the portmaster and/or server on another, even tho they are
all on the same ethernet. Since the portmaster itself is a router in its
own right I would even theorize that it could be on a different subnet
than the server. This would acount for why everything works when
therouter is up but falls apart when the router is down. YMV
Rob
On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Joe Boyce wrote:
>
> Here's a wierd one .. or maybe not ...
>
> If our router into our provider goes down, knocking us off of the
> Internet, our radius servers go haywire, and will not authenticate
> users, etc ... all of our portmasters and radius servers are within our
> local network, so why does this happen?
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Joe
>
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