one or two NIC cards



Hi,
what are the pros/cons of one or two NIC cards in a 2003 SBS server?
Does it make much difference (easier/hardr) if I want to set up a VPN
on my server?
If I use two NICs, do I have to make my server act as a router?
If you could point me to a document on this, it would also be
appreciated.

TIA.

.



Relevant Pages

  • Re: DNS & NAT
    ... When I have both of the NIC cards active, I get no internet activity on the server or any of the clients. ... If I were to disable the LAN NIC, which is the static address for my internal network, then the server has access to the internet. ... The gateway on the other card is whatever my ISP assigns it, I can't remember that off the top of my head. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.dns)
  • Re: Is it possible to bridge three NIC on a Windows 2000 Server
    ... > If I have three NIC cards on my Windows 2000 Server, ... With all selected, create a new bridge. ... > multiple NIC cards on the server, you can Send Data and Retrieve data much ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.networking)
  • Re: DNS & NAT
    ... I just need to change the cabling from the "internet ... DNS server points to itself as I set it up as a DNS ... This DNS server forwards requests to my ISP DNS-servers. ... >>>This is a Windows 2003 server with 2 NIC cards in it. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.dns)
  • Weird Problem...
    ... It's a basic gateway setup with 2 NIC cards. ... Workstation is WinXP Professional, and it is set to obtain IP and DNS ... From the workstation, I can connect to the server at ...
    (freebsd-questions)
  • Can I do this...?
    ... I have a windows 2003 server with 2 nic cards. ... The first card is "obtain ip automatically" the second nic card has a static ip. ... How do I set up dns so that it revolves everything for clients on nic 2 network? ... Can I set up a dhcp on the server for handling ips out on the network that's on Nic number 2. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.general)

Loading