connecting to a printer switch with other subnet

I've a printer switch here with default IP 192.168.123.254. I want to
configure it to 192.168.0.254. I add a route: route add -host
192.168.123.254 eth0 and I can ping to 192.168.123.254. But I can't
male a http-connection, a htt://192.168.123.254 fails. Why?

The only way to access the printer switch was to change the IP of my
eth0 NIC to 192.168.123.52. Then I was able to configure the printer
switch to 192.168.0.254.

thx
Ekkard

"Ekkard Gerlach" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've a printer switch here with default IP 192.168.123.254. I want to
> configure it to 192.168.0.254. I add a route: route add -host
> 192.168.123.254 eth0 and I can ping to 192.168.123.254. But I can't male
> a http-connection, a htt://192.168.123.254 fails. Why?

Your description of the problem is useless. What does "I can't make a
http connection" mean? Does it mean you send out SYN packets but get no
reply? Does it mean you get back RSTs (connection refused)? Or what?

DS