Re: A duplicate name has been detected on the TCP network

From: David Lewis (*_at_*.*)
Date: 10/19/04 

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:38:55 -0700

what is the "load ballancing" feature in windows 2003?

I understand using 2 nic's for routing, but I do not need to do routing one these servers.

"Dana Brash" <dbrash@gmail.com>
|>Hi David,
|>
|>Your computer only needs one IP address to communicate with the subnet.
|>There is no particularly easy way to team up and use both unless you're
|>setting up NIC teaming like Robert says.
|>
|>You're not going to double your bandwidth or anything by having them both
|>enabled. What you will do is create issues on your subnet when you
|>broadcast two different IP's for the same-named system. You will also
|>create duplicate records in DNS making it more cumbersome for other clients
|>to find you, and if you're NIC's are DHCP clients you're bound to get
|>multiple leases cluttering your scope as well.
|>
|>Generally a machine with two NICs is called "multi-homed" and has each NIC
|>configured to use different subnets. Often this is for the purpose of using
|>that machine as some type of routing device. Sometimes it is just so that
|>device can communicate with two subnets.
|>
|>All that said, does your error go away when you disable on NIC?
|>
|>HTH,
|>=d=
|>
|>
|>Dana Brash
|>MCSE, MCDBA, MCSA
|>
|>dbrash@gmail.com
|>
|>"David Lewis" <*@*.*> wrote in message
|>news:pio8n09puj088k9h0ibapnmc1l54j53ck8@4ax.com...
|>>I have them so why not use them some how?
|>> How should I configure the subnet's?
|>>
|>> "Robert L [MS-MVP]" <noreply@hotmail.com>
|>> |>assuming you have two NICs on the server, why do you need them? Or why
|>> do
|>> |>they use the same subnet?
|>>
|>

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