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by fosterj

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I'm trying to setup two nic cards on my windows 2000 server. One of my nic cards, the cable goes to my links router and a cable goes from the router to my cable modem.
I want to be able to use the second nic, cable go to my wall jack that goes to a switch that will provide network connection for all my other machines. I want step by step instructions.

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by maxwell edison

Greetings,

You may have some trouble getting very accurate "step by step instructions" because there are so many different variables to consider. In addition, there are simpy too many things to address in the limited space of this thread.

However, here are a few links to sites that will be very helpful. (REMOVE SPACES from the pasted URLs.)

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/support/twonichelp.htm

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/twonets.htm

(Some good step-by-step here):

http://www.internetshare.com/faqFixedAndStatic.htm

Good luck,

Maxwell

by ntny

First thing, You don't need two nic cards. You should connect your computer to the switch with one nic card, as with all of your other computers, then your router, (which I am assuming has a two nic card already in it as mine does should also be connected to the switch. You will need to assign a default gateway, which will be the link to your router. This gateway will be the connection for all of your client computer to gain access to the internet. Then you will need to set up your DHCP server setings to assign ip addresses to all of your computers dynamically as well as your DNS and WINS server address, so they will all have the same default gateway for access to the internet. I hope this will solve your problem. And if you have any problems, then I think you should find someone who can help you set up all of the network installation. Good luck.

by ntny

First thing, You don't need two nic cards. You should connect your computer to the switch with one nic card, as with all of your other computers, then your router, (which I am assuming has a two nic card already in it as mine does should also be connected to the switch. You will need to assign a default gateway, which will be the link to your router. This gateway will be the connection for all of your client computer to gain access to the internet. Then you will need to set up your DHCP server setings to assign ip addresses to all of your computers dynamically as well as your DNS and WINS server address, so they will all have the same default gateway for access to the internet. I hope this will solve your problem. And if you have any problems, then I think you should find someone who can help you set up all of the network installation. Good luck.

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