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gigabit lan question

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Jeraden

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I'm kind of confused about this and haven't been able to find a real good explanation online.

I have 1 pc now that has a regular 100mbps ethernet port, as well as a second gigabit ethernet port.
I'm building a 2nd pc now that has dual gigabit ethernet ports.
I just have a normal 100mbps router.

What I'd like to do is have both PCs hooked up to the router to access the internet as normal. But I'd also like to be able to hook the 2 PCs up directly to each other to make use of the faster gigabit speeds, as one of the pcs acts as a media/file server. I don't really need any other PCs to use gigabit speeds, just the 2 PCs here in question.

Is what I want to accomplish as simple as just running a ethernet cable between to the 2 PCs via the gigabit ports? Would it magically know to use the gigabit connection to transfer files and not use the workgroup connection over the router? Or do I need a switch for this. Or what? I know what I want to do, I just don't know enough about how to accomplish it.
 
Thanks for the tips! One question though...

If I turn file sharing off on the 100mb connection, won't that mean that the PC will only be able to share files over the gigabit connection? There are other PCs in the house that I'd still like to be able to access the "server" pc via the normal 100mbs router connection.

I actually have 5 pcs in my house. 1 is purely a media/file server. I still want all pcs to be able to access the media/file server, as well as any other pc in the house. Its just that I want one specific PC to be able to talk to the media server over the direct gigabit connection. I don't want to do anything that will isolate either the media server or the other specific PC from any of the other PCs in the house.
 
The computers with the Giga are going to have two Networks.

There are few solutions.

You can leave Sharing on both Networks, and set Drive mapping according to Network, or you can install NetBEUI and control the sharing via protocols.

:sun:

 
The 10/100's connected to the router will have 192.168.x.x addresses. Set the gigabit (crossover) to have 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 (or something like that). To use the gigabit connection for sharing files, just map to \\10.0.0.x and the routing table should take care of the rest.

I THINK this should work, but someone please correct me if I am wrong.
 
There are three ways that you can force your PCs to use the Gigabit Ethenet over the Fast Ethernet connection.

First, verify your binding order. This list shows the preferred order of network interfaces your workstation likes to use. Make sure your Gigabit Ethernet interface is first and that your Fast Ethernet is second. To verify this list, open up your Network Connections page, choose the advanced tab in the menu and then select advanced settings.

Second, you could skip the binding order completely and just force your system to use the Gigabit Ethernet port. Instead of using the machine name to talk to your other computer, use the IP address. Microsoft file sharing will allow you to use either way. Bypass the network neighborhood browser and just go down to your start menu, click the run menu and type \\10.0.0.1\ (or 10.0.0.2 on the other PC) in the text input box. This forces Windows to use that interface.

The third option has already been mentioned. By diabling NetBIOS and File & Print sharing on the Fast Ethernet port, you are forcing Windows to use the other interface. Well, at least you hope it forces it. Its a good security measure anyways, just in case your Firewall is compromised or you somehow download a trojan.
 
Thanks for all the suggestions! I'll probably just go the direct IP route as it will only be for mapping a drive and that seems the most direct.
 
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