Re: 2 Network Card hook up to same network

From: cst112 (cst112_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/18/04


Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 17:52:33 -0600

I know I can do that. I want someone to explain to me what happens when
both cards are active. How does windows 2000 dns handle it, how does the
workstation (windows 2000) handle it. Or is having 2 network cards on the
same network going to cause problems etc.

Kevin

"Chris" <cwhite2812@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:9d2ff280.0403181417.340094b5@posting.google.com...
> You could create a shortcut for each connection on your desktop and
> then enable or disable them as appropriate with a right click.
>
>
> Chris
>
> "cst112" <cst112no-spam-please@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:<105jvaa44elfu01@corp.supernews.com>...
> > Can someone tell me what they know about connecting two network cards to
the
> > same network.
> >
> > This is my scenario. I have a Laptop that has both a wireless network
card
> > and a normal network card. I have enable both and it seems to work
fine.
> > The DHCP server assigns separate IP addresses to both cards and I am
able to
> > get access to the network. How does DNS work when this happens?
> > I know if the network cards support teaming, you can do that but that is
not
> > what I am trying to do. I also know when you have two different
computers
> > with the same hostname, it causes a duplicate name on network error and
it
> > doesn't allow the computers to connect to the domain. Also which
network
> > card is used to access the internet when you have two cards and which IP
> > address gets resolved first in DNS for the host? I just want to know
the
> > logisitics of how this works.
> >
> > In the end:
> > I would like to enable both network cards on the laptop but I would like
to
> > use the wire LAN when docked and the wireless when roaming.



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