new server cannot see old sever with static IP

[randysalush]

here's the deal, I'm beginning to intsall a new server. when i first set it up it was working fine with a dynamic address given to it by my old server. however when i tried giving it a static address (setting up a new domain) it no longer connected with my old server. The port lights up but a cannot ping the switch it's hooked up to nor the old server. So i am reformatting the new server to try again.

any thoughts of what went wrong?
please help, thanks.

 

[porkchopexpress]

Sounds very odd are you sure the net mask was correct?

 

[randysalush]

sorry my last post got deleted

yes they should be correct here is what i have

server 1 (old)
192.168.1.50 subnet mask 255.255.254.0

server 2 (new)
192.168.0.20

i have also tried (on the new server)
(all having a subnet mask of 255..255.254.0

192.168.1.20
192.168.1.51
to name a few

 

[randysalush]

i am using windows server 2003 by the way