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I have a windows 2003 server with two nics installed. Both nics have IP

and gateway. How can i tell which nic is going to make all outbound

requests?

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Guest Steve Parry [MVP]
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Re: Server 2003 with two nics

 

In news:%23QS$jXFAIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,

Noah <noah@carpathiahost.com> wibbled

> I have a windows 2003 server with two nics installed. Both nics have

> IP and gateway. How can i tell which nic is going to make all outbound

> requests?

 

depending on the server go to the manufacturers site and download the

relevant "teaming" software. This will create a single virtual adapter from

the two real ones allowing redundancy and load sharing.

 

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Steve Parry MCP MVP

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

Guest Justin Rich
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Re: Server 2003 with two nics

 

They shouldnt both have gateways and you probably got a warninig about that.

 

If you bring up your network connections (right click network place and do

properties) and go to the Advanged menu, advnaced settings, the top section

is the device priority..

and there it is :)

 

"Noah" <noah@carpathiahost.com> wrote in message

news:%23QS$jXFAIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>I have a windows 2003 server with two nics installed. Both nics have IP and

>gateway. How can i tell which nic is going to make all outbound requests?

Posted

Re: Server 2003 with two nics

 

Thanks guys. I have been trying to talk the customer into using nic

teaming. They just wanted to know why that you should not use two nics.

with gateways.

 

 

 

Justin Rich wrote:

> They shouldnt both have gateways and you probably got a warninig about that.

>

> If you bring up your network connections (right click network place and do

> properties) and go to the Advanged menu, advnaced settings, the top section

> is the device priority..

> and there it is :)

>

> "Noah" <noah@carpathiahost.com> wrote in message

> news:%23QS$jXFAIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> I have a windows 2003 server with two nics installed. Both nics have IP and

>> gateway. How can i tell which nic is going to make all outbound requests?

>

>

Posted

Re: Server 2003 with two nics

 

This gets very confusing, but it shouldn't be.

You can have multiple IP's on one NIC. The reason for more than one NIC is

for resilience or performance, but you get that through Teaming them, not

just by having two of them. You can't have two default gateways, because

Default means the one to use if nothing else is specified. If its not the

default, but a specific next hop to use in certain circs, then that is

achieved by a routing table, not a default,

Anthony, http://www.airdesk.co.uk

 

 

 

 

"Noah" <noah@carpathiahost.com> wrote in message

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> Thanks guys. I have been trying to talk the customer into using nic

> teaming. They just wanted to know why that you should not use two nics.

> with gateways.

>

>

>

> Justin Rich wrote:

>> They shouldnt both have gateways and you probably got a warninig about

>> that.

>>

>> If you bring up your network connections (right click network place and

>> do properties) and go to the Advanged menu, advnaced settings, the top

>> section is the device priority..

>> and there it is :)

>>

>> "Noah" <noah@carpathiahost.com> wrote in message

>> news:%23QS$jXFAIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> I have a windows 2003 server with two nics installed. Both nics have IP

>>> and gateway. How can i tell which nic is going to make all outbound

>>> requests?

>>


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