Cant use 2 ethernet cards.

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Fernando Quinones

Hello Group,
I have 2 windows boxes, XP and 98SE. The XP box has a 54mb wireless
adapter and a 1gb lan adapter. The 98SE box has 2 lan adapters, 100mb
and a 1gb. The XP is a laptop that connects to the internet with its
wireless adapter with no problem. I want to use the second adapter (1gb)
to connect to the 98SE 1gb adapter. This will be used to transfer large
video files between the boxes. I want the 98SE to connect to the
internet using the 100mb adapter and keep the 1gb adapter for the
98SE/XP exclusive connection, but...
Here is the problem. I cannot make the 100 mb adapter connect to the
internet if I have the 1gb adapter installed. I have set up the 1gb
adapter with a static address and no default gateway. The 100mb adapter
is set up as dhcp assigned per the wireless router instructions. When I
do this I cannot access the internet or ping any of the other boxes in
the network. If I do the reverse, having the 1gb adapter set by the dhcp
server, I have no problem connecting to the internet or pinging any of
the other boxes.
It looks to me that the 98SE box is choosing to only use the faster
adapter. I have no desire to invest on a 1gb lan/wireless router and
switch right now. Anyway I can force the 98SE intenet traffic on the
100mb adapter and keep the 1gb adapter for the dedicated 98SE/XP
connection? I would like to keep all adapters set up in the same network
if possible. 192.168.0.XXX

Thanks for your help!
Fernando Quinones
 
Hello Group,
I have 2 windows boxes, XP and 98SE. The XP box has a 54mb wireless
adapter and a 1gb lan adapter. The 98SE box has 2 lan adapters, 100mb
and a 1gb. The XP is a laptop that connects to the internet with its
wireless adapter with no problem. I want to use the second adapter (1gb)
to connect to the 98SE 1gb adapter. This will be used to transfer large
video files between the boxes. I want the 98SE to connect to the
internet using the 100mb adapter and keep the 1gb adapter for the
98SE/XP exclusive connection, but...
Here is the problem. I cannot make the 100 mb adapter connect to the
internet if I have the 1gb adapter installed. I have set up the 1gb
adapter with a static address and no default gateway. The 100mb adapter
is set up as dhcp assigned per the wireless router instructions. When I
do this I cannot access the internet or ping any of the other boxes in
the network. If I do the reverse, having the 1gb adapter set by the dhcp
server, I have no problem connecting to the internet or pinging any of
the other boxes.
It looks to me that the 98SE box is choosing to only use the faster
adapter. I have no desire to invest on a 1gb lan/wireless router and
switch right now. Anyway I can force the 98SE intenet traffic on the
100mb adapter and keep the 1gb adapter for the dedicated 98SE/XP
connection? I would like to keep all adapters set up in the same network
if possible. 192.168.0.XXX
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Your scheme won't work because of, among other reasons, redundant routes
and insufficient exclusive IRQs for the number of bus mastering
adapters.

Just buy a 5 port gigabit switch, employ static IP addresses, and live
simply.
 
Your scheme won't work because of, among other reasons, redundant routes
and insufficient exclusive IRQs for the number of bus mastering
adapters.

Just buy a 5 port gigabit switch, employ static IP addresses, and live
simply.
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Thanks for your input. The interesting thing is that if I install 2
100mb cards my shceme does work. It will be interesting to hear what
other people have to say. I got a 100mb switch not 6 months ago, I will
hold on that gb swith for now.

Thanks,
Fernando Quinones
 
Have you tried configuring the 1 GB adapters in an ad hoc network? You
would connect the two computers with a cross over cable. You would
leave the XP wireless and the 98se 100 GB configured as infrastructure
network using the router DHCP for IP addresses.

Good luck, jimbo
 
jimbo said:
Have you tried configuring the 1 GB adapters in an ad hoc network? You
would connect the two computers with a cross over cable. You would
leave the XP wireless and the 98se 100 GB configured as infrastructure
network using the router DHCP for IP addresses.

Good luck, jimbo
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That is what I am trying to do...
 
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