Re: 2003 with 2 nics, want nic1 to be able to 'see' internet thru nic2?

From: Les Caudle (very_at_tiredofspam.com)
Date: 10/15/04 

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:26:06 -0500

Phillip - that is not my intention.

The box is a file server. I want some users to access it thru a 1000 NIC - as
they will have fast 1000 NICs on their boxes.

The other boxes in the network are all 100 speed - they can go on the slow NIC -
and hopefully not take up any bandwidth of the 1000 NIC.

My current thinking is that it would be simpler to just connect the fast switch
to the slow switch to accomplish what I want (the fast boxes would take the most
direct path - I hope - thru the switches - or am I making a bad guess?) - rather
than to bridge thru the 2 NICs as I was initially trying to do.

BTW - The boxes connected to the fast NIC would be transferring very large
Gigabyte files. The slow boxes would be accessing small word and excel docs.

Regards, Les Caudle

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:39:19 -0500, "Phillip Windell" <@.> wrote:

>That is not going to accomplish anything. If you want more LAN bandwidth,
>then put faster NICs in all the machines and replace all the switches with
>switches that run the same speed as the NIC. You may also have to use higher
>quality or a faster Catagory of cable as well. Everything must match and
>everything must work together. You are not going to outsmart the system
>with some kind of "bridging" scheme. 

--
Thanks in advance, Les Caudle

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