two ip addresses, but separate segments

Server 2003 Standard with two nics on private lan. Can I assign one ip
address on one nic and another ip address on the other nic, but both not be
on the same segment? I want to reduce the amount of traffic that is going
through my router.

Thanks!

Sure. you should be able to do so. What you need to take care of the default gateway.

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
"troy" <troy@nospam> wrote in message news:u%(E-Mail Removed)...
Server 2003 Standard with two nics on private lan. Can I assign one ip
address on one nic and another ip address on the other nic, but both not be
on the same segment? I want to reduce the amount of traffic that is going
through my router.

Thanks!

So you are considering routing [RRAS] that traffic thru your server? Not a
good plan. Never do with software what you can do with hardware.

"troy" <troy@nospam> wrote in message
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> Server 2003 Standard with two nics on private lan. Can I assign one ip
> address on one nic and another ip address on the other nic, but both not
be
> on the same segment?

You could, yes.

> I want to reduce the amount of traffic that is going
> through my router.

That isn't going to be the result. The only traffic going "though the
router" is traffic destined for the "other side" of the router, nothing is
going to change that. If you mean the device has a built-in
"Switch",...then traffic going through the switch part of it has nothing to
do with the routing or NAT'ing part of it. The fact that more than one type
of device is built into the same physical piece of plastic is irrelevant.

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

I did the same thing but I'm having issues with the gateways (I think)

NIC 1 = 192.168.11.10 Gateway = 192.168.11.6
NIC 2 = 10.50.4.10 Gateway = 10.50.4.1

Can ping one and not the other, unless I disable the other NIC.
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"Robert L [MS-MVP]" wrote:

> Sure. you should be able to do so. What you need to take care of the default gateway.
>
> 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
> "troy" <troy@nospam> wrote in message news:u%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Server 2003 Standard with two nics on private lan. Can I assign one ip
> address on one nic and another ip address on the other nic, but both not be
> on the same segment? I want to reduce the amount of traffic that is going
> through my router.
>
> Thanks!
>
>

A machine can only have one default gateway, not one per NIC!

Kirtors wrote:
> I did the same thing but I'm having issues with the gateways (I think)
>
> NIC 1 = 192.168.11.10 Gateway = 192.168.11.6
> NIC 2 = 10.50.4.10 Gateway = 10.50.4.1
>
> Can ping one and not the other, unless I disable the other NIC.
>
>> Sure. you should be able to do so. What you need to take care of the
>> default gateway.
>>
>> 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 "troy" <troy@nospam> wrote in
>> message news:u%(E-Mail Removed)... Server
>> 2003 Standard with two nics on private lan. Can I assign one ip
>> address on one nic and another ip address on the other nic, but
>> both not be on the same segment? I want to reduce the amount of
>> traffic that is going through my router.
>>
>> Thanks!