Okay guys heres my situation.

I have got a Class C network at my house set up. I am using Nortel IP phones which encodes its ip in the data packet(Class C) and cannot be changed. I have a VLAN set up from my house to a remote Class B network and want to exchange data. So heres how its set up -->
I've got a 192.168 network at my house ---- A VLan set up to a remote 172.24 network. In between these two is a Fiber(SONET) Ring which is administered by the county. One easy solution to my problem would be to add a route in the router at the 172.24 network to tell the traffic how to get back to my 192.168 network. The problem is the router is controlled by the county and they will not add that route in just for me.

The latest thing I've tried is to add another router in at the 172.24 network with static routes that say 192.168.0.0 255.255.0.0 172.24.xx.xx .

The firewall and router at the 172.24.xx.xx network are set to not respond to pings. Heres what happens when I do a traceroute from my 192.168 network to the 172.24 network:

Packet leaves the gateway at my 192.168 network, find the 172.24.xx.xx network. Instead of coming back to my network, the packet bounces around to different 192.168 networks and never makes it back to me. I've tried talking to Nortel and there is nothing to do to change the IP in the packet because it is hard coded into the IP phone. If anyone has any ideas it would be much appreciated.

Justin Curtis
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