You just need to use NIC's that support being bonded together. Any of the Intel NIC's (and subsequently Compaq) support Cisco's Fast Etherchannel, active/standby, and MAC based load balancing (I think, never used it though). -Aaron ----------------------- Aaron Dokey - MIS Reid Tool Supply 2265 Black Creek Rd. Muskegon, MI 49444 (231) 777-3951 (231) 767-3772 (Direct) ----------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Rayneman [mailto:reignofdeath@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:32 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] --NEW THREAD--TWO NICS---RE: Re: rackmount servers I too have win2k w/sp3 and two nics... Can I add a third nic to the server and load balance the local network through two of them leaving the other for the NET connection? And not just if it's possible but maybe some details or a good link or two... Thank you in advance. Rayneman -----Original Message----- From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Daniel Ensor Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 8:54 AM To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [windows2000] Re: rackmount servers I have two NICs in several win2k servers without problems, all are teamed (intel NICs teamed with INTEL Proset) Work dynamically to load manage the connections, no worries all running fine. The MS note may be server/nic specific? Cheers Dan -----Original Message----- From: Condon, Mike [mailto:M1C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 1:51 PM To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [windows2000] Re: rackmount servers Is there a problem with dual nic's & Windows 2000? One of my tech guys referred to some MS tech notes and disabled the 2nd nic's on all of our HP dual nic LPR2000's. -----Original Message----- From: Greg Reese [mailto:GReese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 3:15 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: rackmount servers I have a few of the IBM XSeries 330 models in my rack and they have been = great so far. The have a nice cabling scheme where you can daisy chain = them together for keyboard, mouse, and video. Kind of like having a = built in KVM switch. They also have dual nics capable of being teamed = together for added throughput. You have to have a Cisco switch capable = of FEC to get the best performance though. Greg -----Original Message----- From: slymax [mailto:groups@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 1:40 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] rackmount servers I'm looking into some low-end rackmountable servers for my company. I've checked out Dell, IBM, and HP. Does anyone have any recommendations or favorites? Thanks, ___________________ Steve H http://vette.slymax.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm