2 IPs for Win2K server

[Tito Madrid]

For IIS purposes, I need two addresses for one Win2K server and have two
questions for this great forum.

Can one NIC have multiple addresses under Win2k?

My HP Netserver has two internal nics (currently the second one is
disabled). If I enabled the second nic, would the addressing have to be for
a different network than the first - I belive this is called multi-homed -
or can both physical nics be in the same network?

Many kind thanks,

Tito

 

[Joe Smith]

A NIC can have any as many IPs as you want to assign it.

 

[Matthias Will]

For IIS purposes, I need two addresses for one Win2K server and have two
questions for this great forum.

Can one NIC have multiple addresses under Win2k?
Sure.


My HP Netserver has two internal nics (currently the second one is
disabled). If I enabled the second nic, would the addressing have to be for
a different network than the first - I belive this is called multi-homed -
or can both physical nics be in the same network?

Both NICs can share the same subnet (but not the same IP).

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

For IIS purposes, I need two addresses for one Win2K server and have
two questions for this great forum.

Can one NIC have multiple addresses under Win2k?

My HP Netserver has two internal nics (currently the second one is
disabled). If I enabled the second nic, would the addressing have to
be for a different network than the first - I belive this is called
multi-homed - or can both physical nics be in the same network?

Many kind thanks,

Tito

To add to the other advice - what is your goal?

If you are looking for failover/redundancy, get two identical NICs that
support "teaming" and use that (or a single NIC with two ports). Note that
this can sometimes be problematic - use only new-ish NICs & check with the
manufacturer on what they support.

You can do this with the other suggestions as well, but I don't know why you
wish to, and note that if this is a domain controller, don't even try this
without teaming.

 

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Many thanks for all the answers - it seems like adding addresses to the one
nic is the best way to go - my IIS guy needed to add a second verisign
certificate to our webserver for a second domain ssl site -

Tito
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"