Re: More multiple NICs--one NIC, one task?
From: Alan D. (somedude_at_somedomain.com)
Date: 11/27/04
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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 10:50:47 -0800
Why not just assign multiple IPs to a single NIC. Many services (Web
Servers, DB Servers, etc) allow you to specify which local IP address(es)
they are bound to. So then you could simply bind the services to the IP
address you wanted and achieve the "same" result.
"Frank Burleigh" <burleigh@indiana.edu> wrote in message
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>A recent thread on multiple NICs in a box was interesting. At first it
>seemed it couldn't be done, but then other ideas emerged. I'd like to
>describe what I want to do and why, and ask whether you think it makes
>sense.
>
> A Server 2003 box has two NICs, each with its own IP and registered FQDN.
> The NICs are on the same subnet connected to a cheap "switch." I'm not
> worried about WINS on the second NIC.
>
> I'm not trying to create redundency nor to reduce network traffic. Rather,
> I want one NIC (and address) to handle one type of job--web serving,
> say--and the other NIC (and address) to do another job, say database
> serving. I'd rather the addresses appear to be unrelated, I'd rather folk
> probing the public-facing web server not notice what else is there. I
> guess it's a kind of obscurity. In this day of robots doing the probing,
> does this approach even make sense?
>
> If it does, what are the networking issues?
>
> Thanks much.
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