I have a Novell sever. (ver 6) and groupwise .The server has 2 NIC . One for internal network (only IPX/SPX bound to it) and a second one for internet protocol. On the second one I have 192.168.1.1 bound to it and an external IP address too. I have from the ISP 5 external IP 's I can use. One is for the cable modem, one for the router and one for the server.Using Ping command on the server I can ping the gateway(external IP) but I cannot ping any other external IP. What is weird if I disconect internal network(IPX/SPX) I can ping the gateway but I cannot receive packets.
I setup the same external IP (just for test) on a PC on the network and I can ping any external addresses.
Help! The groupwise cannot send or receive any email because of IP Protocol issue.
From what you describe, I suspect a problem with the server's gateway/routing setting.
If you still have LOAD and BIND commands in your AUTOEXEC.NCF, check the GATEWAY= setting on the BIND command
If you use INETCFG to configure the protocols on your server, check the "static routing" setting in the IP protocol section.
Also, if the "router" in question is a generic broadband router, you may have to take extra steps to configure it to allow inbound mail traffic to the server.