[ale] OT: WIN2k Networking

[Jerry Z. Yu]

	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.
	

 On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Denny Chambers wrote:

#Thanks Robert, that is the kind of info I am looking for.
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#Robert Heaven wrote:
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#>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.
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#>On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 14:56, Denny Chambers wrote:
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#>>Hi all,
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#>>    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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