Hard Question about tcp/ip and automatic metric

Can anyone tell me why if you have a multihomed machine with the same Nic's
set for the same speed and duplex and have ip set to up automatic metric and
issues a route print command it will show you your current routing table with
the metric. if I change the ip address on one nic the from 192.168.2.100 to
192.168.2.99 the metric goes from 10 to 1. any help would be great.


Gino

Gino,

Please post your entire route list, with subnet masks etc ...

Ricardo

"gra" <(E-Mail Removed)> escreveu na mensagem
news:7CA2B779-DB1F-4917-AB61-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can anyone tell me why if you have a multihomed machine with the same
> Nic's
> set for the same speed and duplex and have ip set to up automatic metric
> and
> issues a route print command it will show you your current routing table
> with
> the metric. if I change the ip address on one nic the from 192.168.2.100
> to
> 192.168.2.99 the metric goes from 10 to 1. any help would be great.
>
>
> Gino

here you go
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>route print

IPv4 Route Table
================================================== =========================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x2 ...02 bf c0 a8 02 4b ...... BCM5703 Gigabit Ethernet - Network Load Balanc
g Filter Device
0x10004 ...00 0f 20 79 89 a6 ...... HP NC7781 Gigabit Server Adapter #2
================================================== =========================
================================================== =========================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.70 10
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.100 1
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.70 192.168.2.70 10
192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.100 192.168.2.100 10
192.168.2.70 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 10
192.168.2.100 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 10
192.168.2.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.2.70 192.168.2.70 10
192.168.2.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.2.100 192.168.2.100 10
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.2.70 192.168.2.70 10
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.2.100 192.168.2.100 10
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.2.70 192.168.2.70 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.2.100 192.168.2.100 1
Default Gateway: 192.168.2.1
================================================== =========================
Persistent Routes:
None

"Ricardo Coelho" wrote:

> Gino,
>
> Please post your entire route list, with subnet masks etc ...
>
> Ricardo
>
> "gra" <(E-Mail Removed)> escreveu na mensagem
> news:7CA2B779-DB1F-4917-AB61-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Can anyone tell me why if you have a multihomed machine with the same
> > Nic's
> > set for the same speed and duplex and have ip set to up automatic metric
> > and
> > issues a route print command it will show you your current routing table
> > with
> > the metric. if I change the ip address on one nic the from 192.168.2.100
> > to
> > 192.168.2.99 the metric goes from 10 to 1. any help would be great.
> >
> >
> > Gino
>
>
>

A machine can only have one active default route. If they are of
different metrics the machine will use the one with the highest priority. If
they are set to the same value, the machine selects one or the other and
changes the priorities to reflect that.

What exactly are you trying to do with these two gateways? If you want
to use one for the Internet and one to link to another network you can use
static routing. You cannot use them both at once for Internet access without
third party hardware/software.

gra wrote:
> here you go
> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>route print
>
> IPv4 Route Table
> ================================================== =========================
> Interface List
> 0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
> 0x2 ...02 bf c0 a8 02 4b ...... BCM5703 Gigabit Ethernet - Network
> Load Balanc g Filter Device
> 0x10004 ...00 0f 20 79 89 a6 ...... HP NC7781 Gigabit Server Adapter
> #2
> ================================================== =========================
> ================================================== =========================
> Active Routes:
> Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface
> Metric
> 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.70
> 10
> 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.100
> 1 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1
> 1 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.70 192.168.2.70
> 10 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.100
> 192.168.2.100 10 192.168.2.70 255.255.255.255
> 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 10 192.168.2.100 255.255.255.255
> 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 10 192.168.2.255 255.255.255.255
> 192.168.2.70 192.168.2.70 10 192.168.2.255
> 255.255.255.255 192.168.2.100 192.168.2.100 10
> 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.2.70 192.168.2.70
> 10 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.2.100 192.168.2.100
> 10 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.2.70
> 192.168.2.70 1 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.2.100
> 192.168.2.100 1 Default Gateway: 192.168.2.1
> ================================================== =========================
> Persistent Routes: None
>
> "Ricardo Coelho" wrote:
>
>> Gino,
>>
>> Please post your entire route list, with subnet masks etc ...
>>
>> Ricardo
>>
>> "gra" <(E-Mail Removed)> escreveu na mensagem
>> news:7CA2B779-DB1F-4917-AB61-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Can anyone tell me why if you have a multihomed machine with the
>>> same Nic's
>>> set for the same speed and duplex and have ip set to up automatic
>>> metric and
>>> issues a route print command it will show you your current routing
>>> table with
>>> the metric. if I change the ip address on one nic the from
>>> 192.168.2.100 to
>>> 192.168.2.99 the metric goes from 10 to 1. any help would be great.
>>>
>>>
>>> Gino