Usually, this is an indicator that your on a DSL connection, and they are treating your DSL Modem/Network combination as bridge device that is communicated to by broadcast rather than Unicast. At least that's my interpretation- someone else correct me if I'm wrong, please.
The thing that really sucks about this, is that then when you implement Cisco NAT, it does something funny with the translation, and certain sites on the 'Net' won't come up... connection times out. I couldn't tell if it was just a demand by the destination web site to perform Reverse DNS and couldn't, or what. One thing for sure... when I changed over to a Static IP service with my DSL provider, that problem went away. For anyone that this intrigues, I was/still am running 12.1.5(YB) on a 1750 with the 10Mbps Eth. WIC. as the external interface, plugging into a Westell ADSL Modem/Bridge to SWBell. If the ADSL Wic didn't cost as much as a Car Payment with Insurance, I'd use that instead, so that I could really see what was going on with the ATM and layer 3 communications. :) Omer- Hope I was able to answer your question. Mark Odette II StellarConnection Services -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Omer Ehsan Dar Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 10:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ISP query [7:21983] Hi all, I was just wondering whenever I connect to the ISp I get the following mask. Why is this? And why is the default gateway and the ip address the same? Ip address: 203.135.18.108 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.255 Default Gateway: 203.135.18.108 Thanks Omer Ehsan Dar Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=22090&t=21983 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
