my netwrok config.

my comp, 192.168.1.2
gateway 192.168.1.1
and if fwd enabled on gateway

my net routing is :

192.168.1.2 <--> 192.168.1.1 <--> ISP Public address

here is my query : when i ping 10.0.0.1 ( non existent in my network ) my gateway at 192.168.1.1 should tell me host 10.0.0.1 not reachable. but the bsnl ( my isp's gateway ) is telling me that 10.0.0.1 is not reachable....

what am i doing wrong ? or is it a problem at the bsnl's end ?

ping and traceroute command outputs below

QUOTE:



Pinging 10.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 10.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

tracert 10.0.0.1

Tracing route to 10.0.0.1 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 55 ms * 49 ms 59.95.64.1
3 166 ms 80 ms 149 ms 218.248.255.18
4 78 ms 83 ms 84 ms 218.248.255.18
5 59.162.0.178.static.vsnl.net.in [59.162.0.178] reports: Destination host unreachable.

Trace complete.

Hey Nobody,

I don't think, there is any issue at all. If your Gateway (192.168.1.1) see any IP outside its Net range (192.168.1.0), it will simply pass it to next gateway and so on, until the host is not found. This error (Host not found) will be thrown by the gateway, which has direct access to that network range.

I may be wrong, but this is my understanding of gateways. Correct me, if I am wrong.

Can you also paste output of,

ifconfig or ipconfig /all ?