Re: Is it possible to bridge three NIC on a Windows 2000 Server

From: Herb Martin (news_at_LearnQuick.com)
Date: 02/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 14:40:33 -0600

"Ankit Shah" <AnkitShah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6BC141B9-2210-4300-986E-592ADA17E632@microsoft.com...
> Where can I get a teaming NIC driver for all those NIC cards?
>
> How do I go about approaching it?

Usually you buy it as a set (NICs + special teaming
NIC driver) from the vendor.

There may be an add-on driver for random NICs,
but I do not know (try Google) since I find that
the advantages are almost never what people
expect.

If multiple connections are really needed then most
designs should use multiple independent NICs on
different legs of a switch and so be able to also
partition the CLIENTS to each of the NICs. 

-- 
Herb Martin
>
>
> Ankit Shah
>
> "Herb Martin" wrote:
>
> > "Ankit Shah" <AnkitShah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:48BB9E6E-5A4F-4DB2-98ED-06CB38F3DAFA@microsoft.com...
> > > If I have three NIC cards on my Windows 2000 Server, how do I bridge
them
> > > together so when they are working as one unit?
> >
> > Click each on in the Network Connections dialog box
> > (hold shift after the first).
> >
> > With all selected, create a new bridge.
> >
> > Do NOT plug these in to the same broadcast domain
> > (same segment.)  You are bridging between different
> > segments.
> >
> > > I heard that by having
> > > multiple NIC cards on the server, you can Send Data and Retrieve data
much
> > > faster because it has three NIC cards to send and recieve data from.
> >
> > Don't hold your breath on that one.
> >
> > What you REALLY need is a "teaming NIC driver" to make
> > the work in tandem -- without interferring with each other.
> >
> > Even then, it probably will not give you exciting increases
> > in speed.
> >
> > > Is this
> > > true. For example i have thirty workstations at my office and one
server.
> > If
> > > thirty users are sending and recieving data from the server wouldn't
it be
> > > faster to have more PCI NIC cards installed on your Server?
> > >
> > > If my statement is true then can some show me how to bridge three NIC
> > cards
> > > on my windows 2000 server.I am not sure if you bridging is the right
> > > terminalolgy but hopefully with my example from above you can help me
out
> > > here. If that is not the case there has to be something to make the
server
> > > send data much faster then upgrading memory and CPU.
> >
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Herb Martin
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Ankit Shah
> >
> >
> >

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Exchange eating up my cpu!
    ... Well the issue has been fixed, the server has ... I replaced the nic driver because I thought that it was ... because I've tried switchig both nics ... >823166 Overview of Exchange Server 2003 and antivirus ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Two nic cards - the local connection drops the internet
    ... DNS on both nics *only* point to your server-IP, ... >>> I have two nic cards in my advanced 2000 server. ... loses connection on all my computers. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.networking)
  • Re: No BackOffice Internet Users Group
    ... We have our server hooked up to a Win98 machine w/ 2 NIC cards as our ... This requires 2 NICs in your SBS ... >> a way to set up a group with restricted internet access. ...
    (microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz2000)
  • Re: IIS SSL spoof detected by firewall
    ... Do you have "default gateways" configured on both NICs? ... There is an internal web application on the same box using one of the NIC cards, which is behind the firewall and not accessible to the net. ...
    (microsoft.public.inetserver.iis.security)
  • Re: Physically moving SBS2000 to newer motherboard setup (drives and nics)
    ... physically take both the Nics out and use them on the new ... motherboard, I should go through the steps of looping the ... >resources on the new mobo. ... I will be using the same nic cards, ...
    (microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz2000)