I have had 3 NIC's in one box at one time. It helps to have them from different types and brands I found. Regards Ron Deen Invensys On Thursday 03 March 2005 05:13 pm, Ken Heywood wrote: > I'm always game for free advice. Application tunneling always makes life = > easier. But, it's kind of perverse when you have many workstations that = > expect to use the benefits of named OPC object access sourced from all = > kinds of devices, and you need to load the client apps for all the = > devices on every workstation. It's akin to telling Internet users that = > they can display any webpage as long as they have ActiveX loaded. > > Barring any DCOM issues, 3 or 4 NIC cards shouldn't present a problem = > ... I think. No? > > * K > > -----Original Message----- > From: Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [mailto:ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx]=20 > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 2:02 PM > To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [foxboro] AIM OPC Server > > Free advice? > > Put the AIM*OPC DA Server on the client machines and use NetAIM*API to > connect to the source AW (AW70 or AW51). This is equivalent to = > Matrikon's > "OPC Tunnelling". > > Why do it? > > Easy - the setup is much simpler - no DCOM. > > Worth the time and money, I promise. > > > > Regards, > =20 > Alex Johnson > Invensys Process Systems > Invensys Systems, Inc. > 10707 Haddington > Houston, TX 77043 > 713.722.2859 (voice) > 713.722.2700 (switchboard) > 713.932.0222 (fax) > ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] = > On > Behalf Of Ken Heywood > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 12:26 PM > To: Foxboro Freelist (E-mail) > Subject: [foxboro] AIM OPC Server > > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset=3D"iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > =3D20 > I am planning an AIM OPC Server to serve data to two separate networks. = > =3D > The box will have 3 NIC cards; 1 for I/A, and one each fro each IT =3D > network. Are there any special AIM restrictions? Network addressing or = > =3D > network connection issues? Has anybody done this? Thanks. > =3D20 > * K > =3D20 > > > > -- No attachments (even text) are allowed -- > -- Type: image/gif > -- File: image001.gif > -- Desc: image001.gif > > > =20 > =20 > _______________________________________________________________________ > This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process > Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at > your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html > =20 > foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro > to subscribe: = > mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Djoin > to unsubscribe: = > mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dleave > =20 > > =20 > =20 > _______________________________________________________________________ > This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process > Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at > your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html > =20 > foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro > to subscribe: = > mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Djoin > to unsubscribe: = > mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dleave > =20 > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process > Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at > your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html > > foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro > to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join > to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave