Re: Subnet of the IP I get is wrong

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From: Sam (sam_at_globalwebcentral.com)
Date: 11/18/04 

Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 08:54:38 -0500

Jim,

Thanks for your response. I was able to remote into my computer last night.
When I ran ipconfig, the subnet mask was 255.255.255.255 and the default
gateway was same as the dynamic IP I was assigned.

If I understand you correctly, you're saying these settings are correct.
Obviously my connection problem was caused by something else. Where can I
educate myself about these settings as I don't understand why I get these
settings. I thought once I VPN into the network, I'd get all of my settings
from the DHCP server.

Thanks,

Sam
"Jim Harrison [MSFT]" <jmharr@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:uO3EM2RzEHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> This is correct for a VPN connection.
> RRAS handles all the off-server routing for each client.
>
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> Jim Harrison [ISASE]
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> "Sam" <sam@globalwebcentral.com> wrote in message
> news:OoZgroNzEHA.2572@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I have a weird problem. When I VPN into our system, my client computer at
> my
> house gets an IP that belongs to our corporate network.
>
> Recently I am not able to connect to my workstation remotely. Just a week
> ago, I was able to remote into my workstation just fine. I never changed
> anything in the network. When I ran ipconfig, I realized that I was
> getting
> an IP from the corporate network but the subnet mask was 255.255.255.255
> which is wrong. We have a C class network.
>
> I thought it was the DHCP server but when I checked the DHCP server has
> the
> address range specified correctly. DHCP server doesn't even ask about the
> subnet mask. When you enter the IP range, it figures out the subnet mask.
> And it has the correct subnet mask. What could be the reason why I get the
> wrong subnet mask?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sam
>
>
>

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