dual NIC card configuration

I have a Windows 2000 server that I’d like to configure with dual NIC cards configured with static IP addresses on the same subnet. Is this a feasible configuration? The servers on this subnet are using Lmhost files. WINS is not being utilized. I’ve experienced the server accepting requests on one NIC card but sometimes trying to respond back on the second NIC. Is there a way to force response back on the card in came in on?

Thanks…