2 NICs, 1 pub, 1 priv. Only see pub? Help!!

On Win2K3, I have 2 network cards. 1 named public, other private. Public
is working ok on a domain, ie: I can ping other machines on the domain ok.

On 2 of the machines (each with 2 NICs), I added a private address and name
in drivers/etc/hosts file. I added the same private IP Address for the card
statically. No DNS settings entered.

I cannot ping the private machines. If I disable the public card then I can
ping them.
I have ordered the bindings to be public first on each machine.

WHat am I missing to get the 2 private machines to be able to ping each
other whilst the public NIC is also enabled?

Thanks...

"Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Win2K3, I have 2 network cards. 1 named public, other private. Public
> is working ok on a domain, ie: I can ping other machines on the domain ok.

The "public" is working on the Domain? That is backwards. The Private
should be working on the Domain and the Public should never work on the
Domain.

> WHat am I missing to get the 2 private machines to be able to ping each
> other whilst the public NIC is also enabled?

What you describe is too confusing. Can you be more clear? If I start
telling you things based on a misunderstanding things will only get worse.

It is also important to know the overall goal and why you are doing this in
the first place. Many times people do things based on a misunderstanding of
how things work, so they do things they should never do to begin with, let
alone actually get it to work.

--

Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com

sounds like routng issue. postiing the result of ipconfig /all and route print may help. For more and other information, go to http://howtonetworking.com.

Don't send e-mail or reply to me except you need consulting services. Posting on MS newsgroup will benefit all readers and you may get more help.

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"Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
On Win2K3, I have 2 network cards. 1 named public, other private. Public
is working ok on a domain, ie: I can ping other machines on the domain ok.

On 2 of the machines (each with 2 NICs), I added a private address and name
in drivers/etc/hosts file. I added the same private IP Address for the card
statically. No DNS settings entered.

I cannot ping the private machines. If I disable the public card then I can
ping them.
I have ordered the bindings to be public first on each machine.

WHat am I missing to get the 2 private machines to be able to ping each
other whilst the public NIC is also enabled?

Thanks...

Is this a server cluster?

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Todd J Heron, MCSE
Windows Server 2003/2000/NT
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Sussed - forgot to enable the routing and add the routes.
Now working sweet.



"Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Win2K3, I have 2 network cards. 1 named public, other private. Public
> is working ok on a domain, ie: I can ping other machines on the domain ok.
>
> On 2 of the machines (each with 2 NICs), I added a private address and
name
> in drivers/etc/hosts file. I added the same private IP Address for the
card
> statically. No DNS settings entered.
>
> I cannot ping the private machines. If I disable the public card then I
can
> ping them.
> I have ordered the bindings to be public first on each machine.
>
> WHat am I missing to get the 2 private machines to be able to ping each
> other whilst the public NIC is also enabled?
>
> Thanks...
>
>