Network load balancing

[Andy Welcomer]

Hello,

I'm having problems setting up Network Load Balancing on 2 test machines
using W2K advanced server. When I configure TCP/IP both machines, they both
almost 100% loose network connectivity. If I were to ping them, they would
sometime time out 4 straights, or respond a couple of times. When they do
respond, the response time is extremely high. Also the virtual address
never responds. Any insight will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance

Andy

 

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

How is NLB configured? 2 NICs in each host or one? Multicast or unicast?
What do they plug into? Switch? Router? Hub?

Could you post the output from wlbsdisplay from each?

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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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[Andy Welcomer]

The setup I'm trying to do mirrors a production configuration.
the production configuration is as follows
2 Compaq ML370 Servers with SP4.
Single NICS
Unicast
Both machines plugged into a switch.
This works great with no problems.

The lab machines (ones I'm working on)
IBM Pcs with SP4
Single NICS
Unicast
Plugged into a Hub.
Big differnces between the setups is the class of machine and what they plug
into.