It sounds like Spanning Tree Protocol, but probably isn't.
Just fix hyperflux adjustment on the 'C' valve and your opertometer should
readjust accordingly. I'm sorry, I'm getting too technical again.
Switches enabled with Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) will 'smartly' disable
ports when it determines that there may be a traffic 'loop' caused by the
network configuration.
Try starting with NIC1 attached (with the router and Netgear switch
connected). Then connect NIC2. NIC1 should stay up with NIC2 down. Now
unplug NIC1, NIC2 should come up. Now try the same thing but reversed, with
NIC2 connected first, then disconnecting NIC2 after connecting NIC1. If you
get this expected behavior, it's STP. You will only be able to use one at a
time. It's FAD (functioning as designed.)
The only way to utilize both NICs is to configure the switch and server to
bond the two NICs together.
That being said, I was always under the impression that 'lower-end' switches
like Netgears didn't do STP, and to do so, they had to be 'manageable'. So
it sounds like STP... but...
Dan Farrell
Applied Innovations Corp.
"dbl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi I have a server running Windows 2003 Std edition fitted with two 1 gig
> network cards which in turn connect to my Netgear switch. When you plug
> the
> Internet router into the Netgear switch the second card comes up with a
> red
> cross on its icon and an error message. The system works with one card and
> the router or if the router is disconnected with both cards. Has anyone
> any
> idea's what I am doing wrong? It looks like it needs 3 network
> connections
> instead of 2.
>
> Please don't get to technical as I am very new at this.
>
> Thanks Bob
>
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