Definition of Multi-homed?

[Lou Chorich]

After reading a number of posts on the subject, I'm still trying to
understand if a Win2K Server (Dell Powervault) with 2 nic's connected to the
same LAN is considered a multi-homed machine. The cards have the IP
addresses 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.3.

The question comes up as I'm working through the possible causes of slow
netbios activity. It takes a long time to see all the machines on the LAN
when browsing with the network neighborhood.

Thanks,

Lou

 

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

Yes, any machine with two or more network interfaces would be considered as
multihomed. Why do you have two interfaces on the same LAN?
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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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[Lou Chorich]

Our Dell Powervault 725N has 2 NIC's and performs load balancing, presumably
to increase throughput. Would NetBIOS be happier if I only used one of the
nic's?

Thanks for your reply.

Lou