Routing with WinXP

Is there a way to make WinXP route IP traffic? I've got 2 NICs, two subnets
and a WinXP in between. Does Microsoft have a solution for this or do I have
to buy an outside product or what..

Thanks!

The XP is not designed to be as a router. However, these cases may help,

Cannot ping other lan with xp as router Case Study - Can't ping other LAN with XP Pro as a router ... Situation: In LAN1, the computer can ping outside web and the XP router. ...
www.howtonetworking.com/casestudy/xprouter1.htm


How to setup XP as a router How to setup XP Pro as a router. Q: If I had a Windows XP Pro workstation with 2 networks cards in it, each one on a separate physical network, ...
www.howtonetworking.com/casestudy/router2.htm



Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Janko Miheliæ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:edpc2q$fqb$(E-Mail Removed)...
Is there a way to make WinXP route IP traffic? I've got 2 NICs, two subnets
and a WinXP in between. Does Microsoft have a solution for this or do I have
to buy an outside product or what..

Thanks!

"Janko Miheliæ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:edpc2q$fqb$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is there a way to make WinXP route IP traffic? I've got 2 NICs, two subnets
> and a WinXP in between. Does Microsoft have a solution for this or do I have
> to buy an outside product or what..

You can bridge two networks with XP, that's about it.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../xpbrdgnt.mspx

As Robert pointed out you can enable IP routing in XP (as you could in
NT workstation).

Enabling IP routing doesn't mean that routing just works. All that
setting the switch does is enable IP forwarding. If the router receives a
packet for the "other" subnet it delivers it. The important thing is that
the packet must actually get to the router.

If the two subnets are not connected to any other network, this is
pretty easy. You just make the router the default gateway for both subnets.
If you are using 24 bit netmasks (255.255.255.0) it looks like this

192.168.1.x dg 192.168.1.1
|
192.168.1.1 dg blank
XP router
192.168.2.1 dg blank
|
192.168.2.x dg 192.168.2.1

If one subnet uses some other gateway you need extra routing to get
traffic to the XP router.

Robert L [MVP - Networking] wrote:
> The XP is not designed to be as a router. However, these cases may
> help,
>
> Cannot ping other lan with xp as router Case Study - Can't ping other
> LAN with XP Pro as a router ... Situation: In LAN1, the computer can
> ping outside web and the XP router. ...
> www.howtonetworking.com/casestudy/xprouter1.htm
>
>
> How to setup XP as a router How to setup XP Pro as a router. Q: If I
> had a Windows XP Pro workstation with 2 networks cards in it, each
> one on a separate physical network, ...
> www.howtonetworking.com/casestudy/router2.htm
>
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "Janko Miheliæ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:edpc2q$fqb$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is there a way to make WinXP route IP traffic? I've got 2 NICs, two
> subnets
> and a WinXP in between. Does Microsoft have a solution for this or
> do I have
> to buy an outside product or what..
>
> Thanks!

Bill,

Thank you for the input.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message news:%23YpY8$(E-Mail Removed)...
As Robert pointed out you can enable IP routing in XP (as you could in
NT workstation).

Enabling IP routing doesn't mean that routing just works. All that
setting the switch does is enable IP forwarding. If the router receives a
packet for the "other" subnet it delivers it. The important thing is that
the packet must actually get to the router.

If the two subnets are not connected to any other network, this is
pretty easy. You just make the router the default gateway for both subnets.
If you are using 24 bit netmasks (255.255.255.0) it looks like this

192.168.1.x dg 192.168.1.1
|
192.168.1.1 dg blank
XP router
192.168.2.1 dg blank
|
192.168.2.x dg 192.168.2.1

If one subnet uses some other gateway you need extra routing to get
traffic to the XP router.

Robert L [MVP - Networking] wrote:
> The XP is not designed to be as a router. However, these cases may
> help,
>
> Cannot ping other lan with xp as router Case Study - Can't ping other
> LAN with XP Pro as a router ... Situation: In LAN1, the computer can
> ping outside web and the XP router. ...
> www.howtonetworking.com/casestudy/xprouter1.htm
>
>
> How to setup XP as a router How to setup XP Pro as a router. Q: If I
> had a Windows XP Pro workstation with 2 networks cards in it, each
> one on a separate physical network, ...
> www.howtonetworking.com/casestudy/router2.htm
>
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "Janko Miheliæ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:edpc2q$fqb$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is there a way to make WinXP route IP traffic? I've got 2 NICs, two
> subnets
> and a WinXP in between. Does Microsoft have a solution for this or
> do I have
> to buy an outside product or what..
>
> Thanks!