LoadBalance NIC's

Hi

Is it possible to Load Balance a NIC in one machine? I have a server
with 3 nics. LAN, WAN01 and WAN02. On both WAN interfaces there is a
router with NAT active. WAN01 = 192.168.5.x / 24 and WAN02 =
192.168.6.x / 24. I would like trafic comming in from WAN01 to always
leave over WAN01 and from WAN02 to leave over WAN02. Someone told me to
use Network LoadBalancing, but all I can find about that is that you
should then work with a cluster and that is not what I want.

Any ideas?

Gabrie

HP/Compaq offers teamed adapter technology in their Proliant servers. Check
out the following document:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/su.../c00271461.pdf


"Gabrie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Is it possible to Load Balance a NIC in one machine? I have a server
> with 3 nics. LAN, WAN01 and WAN02. On both WAN interfaces there is a
> router with NAT active. WAN01 = 192.168.5.x / 24 and WAN02 =
> 192.168.6.x / 24. I would like trafic comming in from WAN01 to always
> leave over WAN01 and from WAN02 to leave over WAN02. Someone told me to
> use Network LoadBalancing, but all I can find about that is that you
> should then work with a cluster and that is not what I want.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Gabrie
>

"Gabrie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> leave over WAN01 and from WAN02 to leave over WAN02. Someone told me to
> use Network LoadBalancing, but all I can find about that is that you
> should then work with a cluster and that is not what I want.

That is what Network Load Balancing is. You want Nic Teaming as Ato is
describing.

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

Lets say you wanted to do nic teaming with adapters from two different
manufactures.

How can this be done. I think if you bridge them it would work the same. at
least in server 2003 it does.




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> "Gabrie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> leave over WAN01 and from WAN02 to leave over WAN02. Someone told me to
>> use Network LoadBalancing, but all I can find about that is that you
>> should then work with a cluster and that is not what I want.
>
> That is what Network Load Balancing is. You want Nic Teaming as Ato is
> describing.
>
> --
>
> Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
> www.wandtv.com
>
>

Bridging is not Teaming or "balancing" in any way. Nic bridging just makes
the machine act like a 2-port Switch.

--

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


"Backup" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Lets say you wanted to do nic teaming with adapters from two different
> manufactures.
>
> How can this be done. I think if you bridge them it would work the same.
at
> least in server 2003 it does.
>
>
>
>
> "Phillip Windell" <@.> wrote in message
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> > "Gabrie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >> leave over WAN01 and from WAN02 to leave over WAN02. Someone told me to
> >> use Network LoadBalancing, but all I can find about that is that you
> >> should then work with a cluster and that is not what I want.
> >
> > That is what Network Load Balancing is. You want Nic Teaming as Ato is
> > describing.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
> > www.wandtv.com
> >
> >
>
>

Bridging? I thought a bridge was to combine two networks without
routing. But not usable in this situation.

Gabrie

Exactly. It turns the machine into a 2- Port Switch,....which used to be an
actual hardware device back in the "old days",...we called them Bridges.
The ones that didn't do layer2 switching (essentially a 2-Port Hub) were
called Repeaters.

Even today some books you read call Switches "Multi-Port Bridges" and they
call Hubs "Multi-Port Repeaters".


--

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


"Gabrie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Bridging? I thought a bridge was to combine two networks without
> routing. But not usable in this situation.
>
> Gabrie
>