Configuring 2 network cards in a Win2k Professional Machine

[Royston Chng]

I have 2 network with id's, 192.168.101.0 (connected to a
router for internet connectivity) & 192.168.1.0 (to a file
server), I would like my machine to connect to both
network concurrently.

I have 2 network cards, 192.168.101.2 (connected to a
router for internet connectivity) & 192.168.1.2 (to a file
server).

How do Windows 2000 Professional determine which network
card to use when I run IE for my internet and when I use
my internal programme that accesses the file server.

Do I have to write any scripts? How does the configuration
properties for both network cards look like?

 

[Jerry]

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-----Original Message-----
I have 2 network with id's, 192.168.101.0 (connected to a
router for internet connectivity) & 192.168.1.0 (to a file
server), I would like my machine to connect to both
network concurrently.

I have 2 network cards, 192.168.101.2 (connected to a
router for internet connectivity) & 192.168.1.2 (to a file
server).

How do Windows 2000 Professional determine which network
card to use when I run IE for my internet and when I use
my internal programme that accesses the file server.

Win2K builds a routing table for itself, and sends packets
for some IP addresses via one network adapater and packets
for all others (usually this is the configuration) to
another network adapter.

You can use the "route add" command to set-up specific
routes (static routes) to internal resources, and then all
other addresses will default to your Internet connection.

You can also add RIP routing to both your Win 2000 Server
and your Win 2000 Pro machines, so that they'll be able to
discover the best routes for themselves.

See the following Knowledge Base articles:

A) 140859, TCP/IP Routing Basics for Windows NT (applies
to Windows 2000 as well). Read this first.

B) 159168, Multiple Default Gateways Can Cause
Connectivity Problems

C) 157025, Default Gateway Configuration for Multihomed
Computers

D) 138793, Multi-Protocol Router Installation and
Configuration (this is how to set-up RIP)

 

[SaenZ]

I have something simular, two cards. I have Intel build on and I added
one ethernet card. The build in runs an Engineering Software. The
added card is connected to the Etherfast Cable/Dsl Router. My build in
ethernet ip address is manually set and second is set automatic for
DSL provider. I hope this help.

AS

 

[SaenZ]

Yup, Thanks!

I am trying something very much simialr to your case. I
have a current network with address 192.168.10.0 which is
running an html based invoicing application on the server
192.168.10.1. On this NIC I have configured the ip address
to 192.168.10.2 with no default gateway or dns and wins.

I have a DSL router with 192.168.101.1, on network address
192.168.101.0. Are you saying, on this NIC, I leave
everything to dhcp automatic configuration and all the
internet connectivity will sort itself out?

Cheers!
Royston