Extra nic card for lab work?

Before for I try it and get disappointed... Does anybody know if I can add pci nic card to my computer running xp and built-in nic card on the motherboard, and assign each nic card with a different ip address and subnet on the same computer or will xp not let me do that? Thanks!

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mikem2te

matallica wrote: »

Before for I try it and get disappointed... Does anybody know if I can add pci nic card to my computer running xp and built-in nic card on the motherboard, and assign each nic card with an ip address and subnet on the same computer or will xp not let me do that? Thanks!

I would be very very surprised if it doesn't work, never actually tried it on XP but it is very common thing to do on Windows Server operating systems ro run routing and remote access services.

EDIT : Sorry, ignore that I have installed multiple NICs before on XP.

blackninja

You could yes, but depends what you want to do. You could run into trouble when trying to access to internet with default gateways, etc.

I've 2 on my Ubuntu box.

matallica

Thanks, I will give it a try!

Jonk

Yup it should work, on my console computer I have one nic running to my domain (normal network) allowing me to RDP onto it, and another nic running to my switches so I can telnet into the equipment.

hermeszdata

As mentioned before, it depends on the OS. On my Win2003 servers, it will accept the dual nics but gives the warning that this is designed for connection redundancy and both interfaces should be on the same subnet.

Win2000 Servers used one for internet connectivity and the other for intranet!

I have a dual NICs on my Vista machine trying to do the same thing but it realy does not like it and I have to shut one down to be able to access through the other.

The Linux boxes i have had in the past did not care and seemed to route traffic to the proper NIC based on the IP address.

John

jamesleecoleman

blackninja wrote: »

You could yes, but depends what you want to do. You could run into trouble when trying to access to internet with default gateways, etc.

I've 2 on my Ubuntu box.

It works for alittle while for me until my connection to the internet starts to get really messed up. I can ssh,telnet, and use SDM with my routers while surfing the internet.

mikej412

For Lab work I keep a couple of USB Ethernet Adapters laying around. Then I don't have to worry about messing up my normal home network/internet connection (and connections to the Remote Power Controllers and Access Servers) and I can plug directly into a lab switch or router

Jonk

Odd. I had the extra nic in my 2003 server. I too was never really able to get the two networks working, but I just shruged it off and disabled it.

I have two nics in my Win Xp machine with two totally different subnets, my real network and my lab network and they work perfectly fine.

Like I said I RDP into the machine while I am using telnet on that machine to any of my devices.

Its not something that new.. I used to have that setup on a 2000 server with a cable modem connected directly to the machine via one nic, and another nic for my network.

matallica

mikej412 wrote: »

For Lab work I keep a couple of USB Ethernet Adapters laying around. Then I don't have to worry about messing up my normal home network/internet connection (and connections to the Remote Power Controllers and Access Servers) and I can plug directly into a lab switch or router

That is another good idea! To test my network configs, I've been using my desk top pc to ping my ps3. It's not a big deal, but I am getting tired going into the living room and redoing the ip on the playstaiton.

At this point anything I do to savetime helps. I must admit a few times when I went change the ip and started playing games!

Thanks for your help!