Windows XP dual networking with Remote Desktop connection

[kbchung]

Hi,

I have a Windows XP system (SP2 patched) with a ASUS P5AD2
Premium mainboard having two Marvel Yukon onboard network adaptors.

I want to do:

* use the first adaptor for external networking (Internet
and Remote Desktop connection) with a fixed IP.

* use the second adaptor for internal networking with a private
fixed IP(for example, 192.168.1.100) to connect to two PCs
by Remote Desktop connection.


What I found, after tens of days of testing, is that:

* initially dual networking is OK as expected,

* but, after several hours, the Remote Desktop connection from
the external network and all of Internet connection do not work.

* this is even true after disabling Marvel Yukon adaptors
on the BIOS and installing two 3Com network adaptors.

* with Windows XP Firewall log file, the outgoing Internet
connection was found to be forwarded to the second adaptor
(192.168.1.100) for the internal networking.

* if I disable the second adaptor, everything including the
Remote Desktop connection from the external network and an
outgoing Internet connection gets back to OK.


Is this a problem of Windows XP or Remote Desktop?

Thanks in advance.

KB

 

[Raztax]

Save yourself the headache and just shell out the $40 for a router.
Of course dual networking works....ICS has been around since Windows Me
Check to make sure that the computer is not turning the nic off to save
power.