Hello,
I am not an expert, but have you tried bridging the two
connections. In Network Connections you should see two
LAC's (Local Area Connections). You need to bridge them
to accomplish your goal...I think. It is merely a
suggestion. You might want to read up on it more.
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Ok, let me see if I can explain this properly:
I have a small network, the computers on this small
network are all connected via a router, and the router
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access to the internet.
I have a totally separate 2nd cable modem connected
directly to a single standalone computer, that I would
like to turn into a small personal internet server, this
standalone computer has 2 NICs in it.
My question is this:
I need to know if this is possible and if so how can I
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it, or where can I read up on how to do something as
this....
I would like to make a connection from my router (that
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connected, to my small network), to the free 2nd NIC
port on my small personal server. This way I would be
able to transfer data (at A LOT higher rate) from my
small network computers to my personal server. But yet
still be able to access my server from the internet, on
its own cable modem, therefore freeing up my 1st cable
modem to use for surfing etc..Example, if someone in my
family from another state, wanted to say, download some
family pictures off my server, they would not mess up my
surfing etc by tying up my precious and very limited
bandwidth on my 1st cable modem that is connect to my
small home network.
I have tried connecting my computers together as I
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above but it seems Windows XP Pro, which BTW is running
on all my computers, seems to get confused. My problem
when I connect them this way is I can't access the
internet or my small network. I need to be able to tell
WinXP that NIC 1 is used for internet / server, and NIC
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is there for use on my side of the network for file
transfers to and from the server. I should be able to do
this, but must be missing something in the settings. Any
suggestions / ideas / or tips. I would luv to be able to
fully utilize both cable modems but with out having to
buy a dual WAN router.
I hope this makes sense, if not let me know and maybe I
can map it out on paper and post it, or try to explain
better in some way.
TIA
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08-11-2003
Connecting A Small Network To A Single Server With 2 NICS
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