configure NICs to handle seperate apps

I have a server running W2003 where it has three nic's, on this server I
have three applications that I would like to dedicate to specific nic's. Is
this recommended or is it better to allow windows to do the load balancing
itself??
What are the plus and minus of this stratergy??
Thanks

It is the other way around,...you have the configure the three Apps to use
particular NICs (IP#s). An example of this is IIS where it can have several
Websites with each being bound to a particular IP#s. If these Apps aren't
capable of this then you cannot do this.

Your 3 NICs also need to be in different subnets. If they are in the same
subnet, then you need to put the IP#s all on one NIC and elimiate the other
two NICs.

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


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> I have a server running W2003 where it has three nic's, on this server I
> have three applications that I would like to dedicate to specific nic's.
Is
> this recommended or is it better to allow windows to do the load balancing
> itself??
> What are the plus and minus of this stratergy??
> Thanks
>
>