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Need some help w/ Win2K Server

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I have a Gateway 6400 server w/ Win 2K Server installed. i recently installed a 2nd NIC and now i'm having problems browsing the Internet.

is there something i need to do in order to tell the OS which NIC to use?

I use one NIC to access my ISP and the other nic to Access my LAN.
 
You need to configure the IP settings for each card in Windows 2000.

I know in Windows NT, the was a spot where you could select the two network cards and then configure the IP addresses separately. I had to do this once at my last job when we were creating a proxy server. This is similar to what you are trying to accomplish.

In Windows 2000, I think you need to create two network connections (one for the LAN and one for the ISP). Then you need to assign each network adapter to a given network connection. Then just plug in the appropriate IP information and you should be on your way.

This might be oversimplified but should help point you in the right direction.
 
Evilwobbles, sounds like you've hit it right, only thing I can think to add is: the NIC that will be connected to you ISP will have to be set up for ICS, which is done in the NIC's properties setup.
 
Do you have a different default gateway entered for each NIC? If so, then that may be the cause of your problems. I have found that when I have 2 different gateways entered for 2 NICs I have problems getting on the Intenet. Now, this only applies when you have the NICs connectin to 2 different subnets.
 
Nightowl,

You're right. Both NICS will need to have the same gateway address (assuming they are using the same method to connect to the Internet).

The LAN NIC needs to have the IP address of the ISP NIC card entered as its gateway or else it will have problems getting out to the Internet (just like a proxy server setup).
 
evil

i think u may be right. i've been configuring just the nic to the ISP w/ a gateway and no gateway for the nic to the LAN. will try again.

 
Are you trying to use ICS to share the internet connection with your LAN? There is a place in settings where you can "Share this connection"
If you do that it will automatically configure your other card with an IP address of 192.168.0 1 - then to communicate with your LAN you have to make sure it is on the same network as that card, you can do this by DHCP or give each machine a static IP like 198.162.0.2 and so forth.
You may need to enter your ISP DNS addresses into each other machine if you do it this way and the gateway for the rest of you LAN is 198.162.0.1

This is how it works with my set up, I have a cable modem connected to a WIn2K box that has two NICS and they are set up as described above.
 
If you remove/disable the LAN NIC card are you able to get out to the Internet?

If you open Internet Explorer - go to Tools - Internet Options - Connections Tab:

Are there any connections present under the Dial-Up and VPN settings?

If you click on the Lan Settings button, are there any boxes checked or filled in?

It seems like the OS doesn't know where to find the correct settings for connecting to the Internet.
 
Wiz,

Good point about DNS. Unless you're using DHCP, you need to have these entries entered in the TCP/IP settings for each LAN NIC card.
 
Unless you're using DHCP, you need to have these entries entered in the TCP/IP settings for each LAN NIC card

except that they are not set for the one that is the Internet Sharing machine, just let ICS handle that one - then make sure the rest of the LAN is on that same network so those machines can get out through the sharing machine.

The 2nd NIC on mine just has the IP address and subnet mask, no other settings. Makes sense, the primary NIC has all the settings for DNS etc.. on that box, because it gets it's internet directly through the primary NIC.
 
That's probably your best route. A router handling DHCP is the setup I have here at home and I couldn't be happier with the way it works...

Sorry we couldn't get it working with two NICs though. I always like a challenge!
 


<< i gave up using two nics. i have a 3com dsl/cable router so i'm just going to allow that to handle dhcp. >>



You would have had to configure RRAS...using the hardware router is much easier and accomplishes the same goal.
 
evil.

that's still just a temporary solution in my books. i'm looking to do some VPNing and the vpn connection doesn't seem to like the router. i have to IP addresses, one for the router and the other to use directly to my server, so sometime in the next two weeks i plan on gettin this licked.
 
Are you using ICS or RRAS? I have set up both, if ICS will fill your need, use it, RRAS can be a real pain to get working properly. I had to use RRAS because I have 3 nics in the box. One to the ISP, one to the hub and another to another internal box, because the HUB is full...🙁 Guess I need a bigger hub! 🙂

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i figured out what it was. it was the VPN server i had set up. w/ two nics you shouldn't use VPN but Remote access. VPN sets both NICS as VPN and filters out everything else, hence no INTERNET access. I thought it was weird cause IE's status bar would show the IP address it was trying to access, meaning that DNS was good, but the page would never show up.

anyway, i'm sure it was the VPN, now i just have to get rid of VPN and install remote access, this allows me to choose which NIC i want to filter and which one to not filter. that's my answer right there. 🙂


thx for all the help.
 
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