[ale] OT: WIN2k Networking

[Robert Heaven]

That would be true if both routes are truly gateways to the internet.
However, I don't think Win2K will allow you to set up metric values in
the configuration and you would have to do manual intervention at every
boot up.

On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 16:03, Jerry Z. Yu wrote:
> 	would it better to assign different metric value to each default 
> routes ( shuffle the orders later on as necessary), so you sort of 
> have a fail-over / load-balancing.
> 	
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>  On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Denny Chambers wrote:
> 
> #Thanks Robert, that is the kind of info I am looking for.
> #
> #Robert Heaven wrote:
> #
> #>Even though it will "allow" you to define multiple default gateways, you
> #>shouldn't... the routing software will randomly try both paths causing
> #>slow response. Pick one NIC as your default gateway and let the other do
> #>static routing.
> #>
> #>
> #>On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 14:56, Denny Chambers wrote:
> #>  
> #>
> #>>Hi all,
> #>>
> #>>    I have been looking at Windows 2k TCP/IP networking (Professional 
> #>>Workstation in vmware), and I have notice that when you have multiple 
> #>>NIC cards, that it lets you setup all of the TCP/IP information 
> #>>seperately for each NIC. This mean I can setup an IPaddress, subnetmask 
> #>>on each card (this is normal). I can also setup not just one Default 
> #>>Gateway per card, but multiple Default Gateways per card (So which one 
> #>>is the Default?). Also each card can have it's own set of DNS servers, 
> #>>and it's own set of WINS servers. I am curious as to how the services 
> #>>(DNS, WINS, Routing) handle all of this. Normally you would only have 
> #>>one DefaultGateway for a system, with additional routes to other 
> #>>subnets. You also would have one set of DNS servers (primary, secondary, 
> #>>and tertiary), a DNS domain, and a set of search Domains.
> #>>
> #>>Can any Microsoft knowledgable folks shed some light on this.
> #>>
> #>>Thanks,
> #>>Denny
> #>>
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