I'm running windows server 2008 r2.
What I can do: - I can ping a laptop connected to a router that my server is plugged into.
What I can not do: - I cannot ping anything past my router. The router is plugged into a backbone switch and I am not able to ping to that. The router is a 'smart router' so it doesn't have an IP address. But, since I can ping a laptop that is plugged into it, I don't see that being the issue. The laptop can connect to the rest of the network.
What I have tried: I have disabled all firewalls on my server. I have verified the IP settings on my server match the rest of the subnet. Since the server can ping a laptop, I know the NIC is not bad, and that the cable and router are both good.
- The gateway is my backbone switch (which I am unable to ping). When I attempt to ping the switch (x.x.x.1) I get both 'Destination host unreachable' and 'Request timed out' responses. My last ping resulted in a 75% loss due to timeouts. Thank you in advance for any help.