Dedicated Remote Desktop lines

[Guest]

Let's say I have a bunch of XP Pro computers in a workgroup network where
Computer 1 is used to control Computer 2 through Remote Desktop. Is it
possible to install a 2nd NIC on both of these computers and use these 2 NICs
as the carrier media for the Remote Desktop sessions exclusively? In other
words, is it possible to tell XP Pro to use a particular NIC to communicate
with another XP machine and have that machine only uses a particular NIC to
"reply"?

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Let's say I have a bunch of XP Pro computers in a workgroup network where
Computer 1 is used to control Computer 2 through Remote Desktop. Is it
possible to install a 2nd NIC on both of these computers and use these 2 NICs
as the carrier media for the Remote Desktop sessions exclusively? In other
words, is it possible to tell XP Pro to use a particular NIC to communicate
with another XP machine and have that machine only uses a particular NIC to
"reply"?

Yes, it's possible. Assign a static private IP address to the 2nd NIC
on each computer, using a different subnet than the main network. For
example, if the main network uses 192.168.0.x, assign 10.0.0.x:

Computer 1 2nd NIC: 10.0.0.1
Computer 2 2nd NIC: 10.0.0.2

To use the 2nd NIC for any application, including Remote Desktop,
refer to the other computer using its 2nd NIC IP address. For
example, on Computer 1, tell Remote Desktop to connect to the computer
named "10.0.0.2".
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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