Re: XP home with 2 nic's
From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 07/16/04
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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 00:53:04 -0600
In article <08F151E8-69F8-43F1-962D-6B842AAB6B44@microsoft.com>,
James5 <James5@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>Can anyone confirm that XP Home will work with two nic's? One connects
>to a DSL modem, other connects to internal LAN via a switch. Problem I
>am having is when I install 2nd nic, both nics fail, ie, do not connect to DSL
>or internal LAN. How do I tell XP Home which nic to use for which network
>segment? Does DSL facing nic need to be setup for ICS? Bridging??
>DSL facing nic is DHCP to ISP and internal facing nic is setup static ip
>(no DHCP server on internal LAN).
>>
>> Using two nics is a very common configuration and should work fine.
>> Enable ICS on the DSL nic. Don't bridge the two of them.
>>
>> Check Device Manager for indications of trouble.
>
>So, ICS is what tells the system one nic is outward facing and other is local
>lan facing? ICS acts as a router then??
Yes and yes.
>What throws me is, with both installed, I can ping neither. I would think
>I could, at least, ping the LAN facing nic because it has a static ip.
Yes, you should be able to ping both of them. Make sure that a
firewall isn't blocking pings. Check Device Manager and Event Viewer
for indications of trouble.
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