Re: Setting Up a Dual-Nic DNS Server

From: Ace Fekay [MVP] (PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/12/04


Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 07:35:47 -0500

In news:9d2ff280.0403112223.256f5135@posting.google.com,
Chris <cwhite2812@earthlink.net> posted their thoughts, then I offered mine
> I'm writing out some instructions for myself and am wondering what
> would the default gateway be for the private NIC? Would it be the IP
> address of the private nic or the IP address of the public NIC?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris

What gateway? NOmrally the internal NIC shouldn't have a gateway. Standard
rules. Only *one* NIC in any mutlihomed machine has *the* default gateway.

To determine which NIC you have to ask yourself, which NIC is the doorway
(the line) that leads out of the building?

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
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