Re: 2 nics w/dhcp, need default gateway

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From: iedwards (iedwards.16u9k4_at_mail.mcse.ms)
Date: 05/26/04 

Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 19:59:57 -0500

Donnie

The easiest option would be to increase the cost/hop count on the
internal DHCP server for the gateway setting.

This would not affect pc's connected only to the LAN and your dual nic
machine would always use the gateway on the firewall LAN.

donnie wrote:
> *I have a workstation that has 2 nic cards each receiving a dynamic
> address from two seperate networks. One network has a strict
> firewall and the other network is open. Each dhcp server is assiging
> its own Gateway, but i need to specify to use the open n
> etwork gateway.
> Can i use the route command to add a cost to the more strict network
> so the routes will go first to the open network? if so may you be so
> kind to give me a sample line command of how that can be
> accomplished.
> nic A = 10.111.52.107 GW-10.111.52.1 Sub-255.255.255.0
> nic B = 192.168.0.1 GW-192.168.0.1 Sub-255.255.255.0
>
> Thanks
> Donnie * 

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