Qs about Multiple Networking Devices in XP

[SchmilK]

Now you're just copying my posts

yeah...well...maybe...kinda....paraphrasing...

But no you can't set windows to use this nic for this program. Nor can you set windows to use this nic for this port activity. Sure wish you (and I ) could...this was the only solution i could come up with and it worked real well for me.

 

[Fat Burger]

We do that on our website, too. Our webservers have two NICs, and we needed to make sure the traffic was routed properly. Pain in the ass.

 

[zengirl]

We do that on our website, too. Our webservers have two NICs, and we needed to make sure the traffic was routed properly. Pain in the ass.

Yeah, but once it works...mmmm mmmmm that feels good....

 

[Fat Burger]

Yeah, but once it works...mmmm mmmmm that feels good....

Not really, I still think it's stupid and pointless

 

[Sp`ange]

Not really, I still think it's stupid and pointless

Is there a way to make windows automatically load balance?

 

[Fat Burger]

Is there a way to make windows automatically load balance?

Not really

 

[SchmilK]

Is there a way to make windows automatically load balance?

Install Windows Server 2003...it does it... i saw it today setting up a server for a client.

 

[Fat Burger]

Install Windows Server 2003...it does it... i saw it today setting up a server for a client.

What? Are you talking about clustering, or what? There's no version of Windows that can load balance network connections.

EDIT:
Even ISA can't do that.

 

[SchmilK]

What? Are you talking about clustering, or what? There's no version of Windows that can load balance network connections.

EDIT:
Even ISA can't do that.

ummm...no it does...i could have clicked the check mark when i was setting up the post setup steps on the server I setup Friday for a client. But he only has 1 internet connection.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/overview/family.mspx

then go down to Availability and read the almost last line.

Windows Server 2003 also supports network load balancing (NLB), which balances incoming Internet Protocol (IP) traffic across nodes in a cluster.

 

[Sp`ange]

ummm...no it does...i could have clicked the check mark when i was setting up the post setup steps on the server I setup Friday for a client. But he only has 1 internet connection.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/overview/family.mspx

then go down to Availability and read the almost last line.

well, that's for a cluster. if you don't have a cluster, it makes no difference, right?

 

[Fat Burger]

ummm...no it does...i could have clicked the check mark when i was setting up the post setup steps on the server I setup Friday for a client. But he only has 1 internet connection.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/overview/family.mspx

then go down to Availability and read the almost last line.

You have no idea what clustering is, do you?

 

[SchmilK]

heh...yeah i know what a cluster is, i just didn't think enough to realize that the load balancing in server 2003 was the opposite of what i thought it was. to load balance the usage of the servers, not the internet connection.

so...no...i guess 2003 can't load balance 2 internet connections...so...back to suggesting linux for that task!

 

[strawberry love]

my secure network.

funnily enough, i was at the park the other day, and there were 10 open wireless points. one of them we figured out to be the police station next door.

we were stealing the intarweb from the po po!

 

[Fat Burger]

so...no...i guess 2003 can't load balance 2 internet connections...so...back to suggesting linux for that task!

Or BSD, or a router

Basically anythng except Windows

 

[strawberry love]

i wanna learn linux...

is it hard?

 

[SchmilK]

my secure network.

funnily enough, i was at the park the other day, and there were 10 open wireless points. one of them we figured out to be the police station next door.

we were stealing the intarweb from the po po!

BAAAHAHAAHAA!! That's awesome!! My buddy and I like to scan while we drive and most of the police/fire/municipal networks are CLEARLY LABELED and wide open!! It's freakin scary that those who are to be protecting us, can't protect them selves!

 

[Syrup Beaver]

well, that's for a cluster. if you don't have a cluster, it makes no difference, right?

In 2003, you can have single-node clusters - whether or not that would work with the load balancing piece, I have no idea.

 

[fly]

In 2003, you can have single-node clusters - whether or not that would work with the load balancing piece, I have no idea.

wtf is a single node cluster?

 

[Fat Burger]

BAAAHAHAAHAA!! That's awesome!! My buddy and I like to scan while we drive and most of the police/fire/municipal networks are CLEARLY LABELED and wide open!! It's freakin scary that those who are to be protecting us, can't protect them selves!

Or it's nice to know that our tax money is providing an extra service

 

[zengirl]

Oh great, SchmilK has found yet more people to talk computer geek to