I have two servers both win2008r2 with an internet facing nic and a second nic connected direct to the other server via crossover cable.
This is the settings I have used on the direct cable connection
Server A
IP 10.10.11.10
subnet 255.255.255.0
Gateway/DNS blank
Server B
IP 10.10.11.11
subnet 255.255.255.0
Gateway/DNS blank
This config causes the network to display “Unidentified Network” but if I make the network “Private” or diable the firewall then I can ping them from the other.
Unfortunately file transfers and probably other data is still travling through the internet facing card and the direct connection doesn’t seem to work.
I added the routes below to see if that would help but it didn’t
Persistent Routes:
Network Address Netmask Gateway Address Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 216.***.***.1 Default
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 216.***.***.1 Default
10.10.10.11 255.255.255.0 10.10.10.10 1
10.10.10.10 255.255.255.0 10.10.10.11 1
Any ideas?