> Benedict simon wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thanks and appreciate your reply.
>>
>> actually i solved the problem
>>
>> let me expalin how
>>
>> actually my backuppc server was on 172.16.2.0/24 nwtwork and i was
>> backin
>> up a host on 172.16.3.0/24 .
>> these 2 networks hav a firewall.( im using shoreline firewall)
>>
>> now from backuppc server i could ping the client and also
>> when i ran the command
>>
>> ssh -l root kmdns1 whoami ( where kmdns1) is my hostname
>> it prints
>> root
>>
>> but the backup was not staring .
>>
>> i jus moved the backuppc server on 172.16.3.0/24 newtork and it worked
>> like a charm
>>
>> any good links how to backup clients on another network or a different
>> subnet
>>
>> thanks and regards
>
> If you have working routes and DNS, and pings and ssh are not firewalled
> between the networks, everything should just work. The only things that
> might cause problems is that there is a ping test with a short timeout
> to determine network availability and you might have problems with
> netbios lookups of DHCP hosts if WINS is not properly configured - but
> neither of those seems likely in your case.
>
> --
> Les Mikesell
> lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com
Thanks and really apprecite your quick reply .
i will check it out again to backup client on a different network with a
firewall between
regards
simon
>
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