Need help guys, I'm caught up on a minor detail I hope.
From Switch1 configured with vlan1 ip address 192.168.1.2/24 I can not ping Host0 192.168.2.1/16
When the frame reaches Switch0 with an unknown destination MAC, Switch0 will broadcast the frame, which will then reach Host0. Why is Host0 not replying?
When I change Switch1's subnet mask to /24, the ping is successful.
Shouldn't the NIC reply to the source mac address? which is listed under the Host0 ARP table
Host0:ipconfig /all
Physical Address................: 000B.BE97.68B4
IP Address......................: 192.168.2.1
Subnet Mask.....................: 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway.................: 0.0.0.0
DNS Servers.....................: 0.0.0.0
Switch0#sho run
Building configuration...
Current configuration : 875 bytes
!
version 12.1
no service password-encryption
!
hostname Switch0
!
!
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
!
interface FastEthernet0/2
!
interface FastEthernet0/3
!
omitted for brevity
interface Vlan1
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.0.0
!
line con 0
!
line vty 0 4
login
line vty 5 15
login
!
!
end
Switch1#sho run
Building configuration...
Current configuration : 877 bytes
!
version 12.1
no service password-encryption
!
hostname Switch1
!
!
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
!
interface FastEthernet0/2
!
interface FastEthernet0/3
!
omitted for brevity
!
interface Vlan1
ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0
!
line con 0
!
line vty 0 4
login
line vty 5 15
login
!
!
end
Is the host not replying because the request is from outside its subnet? Or is my configuration just whacked?
