Re: Multihomed PDC and computer browse service
- From: JohanW <JohanW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 00:23:03 -0700
First i would like to thank you for all the answers. I had never heard of
"nic teaming", but i think that's exactly what we want to achieve !!
Many Thx.
Johan
"Phillip Windell" wrote:
>
> "JohanW" <JohanW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:BFBB53AA-8A4D-43DE-BC7D-95827FB9FD39@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Thx for the replies.
> >
> > Why did we put 2 nics in 1 machine? If one nic would fail the other would
> > still be available (set 2 different dns server addresses in the client
> > computers).
>
> It doesn't work like that.
>
> Ok so maybe redundancy is a big word for this :) But we wanted to
> > be sure that all devices that could fail, would have a backup.
>
> A backup Nic is a Nic sitting in the pacakging on a shelf that is the
> identical model of the one you are now using. If a Nic fail you pull the one
> off the shelf and replace the bad one in the machine.
>
> > Everything seems to be working fine except for the browsing service. Is it
> > vital for the network that this browsing service is up and running? All
> our
> > servers are 2003, all clients are xp. Could it be a solution to just
> disable
> > one nic ?
>
> Disabling will server as a little bit of a workaround,...but the machine
> will always know that it is not the same nic as the other one.
>
> --
>
> Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
> www.wandtv.com
>
>
>
.
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