Re: dual nic setup


try the following tip first. if it doens't work, post the routn gtable here. quoted from http://www.ChicagoTech.net

Routing order

If you have two NICs in the same subnet on one w2k/xp computer, you wonder which NIC is been used as primary NIC to access the Internet. In most cases, when adding the second NIC on a w2k/xp computer, the first one is the primary NIC. You may change the order by going to Advanced menu of the Network Connection>Advanced Settings>Adapter and Bindings. If the settings doesn't work (by default, the faster NIC will be chooses as primary NIC) or if you want to override the settings, you can assign metric # manually by going to the Properties of the Network Connection>the Properties of the Network Connection>Advanced.


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Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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I have a PC on our network that requires 2 nics One is for the network
connection the second goes to a multiplexer connected to security cameras.The
problem I am having is that when both nics are enabled during logon the pc
always go to the multiplexer to try and map network drives. I have set the
metric on the nic to the multiplexer to 100 hoping that would force the login
script to use the network connection. This solution didn't work it still goes
to the multiplexer nic when trying to map drives. Is there any way to force
the logon script to go to the network connction without having to disable the
multiplexor nic.

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