Make Win2k Server a transparent bridge?

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Curtis Reynolds

Hi all....

I have 7 win2k pro workstations and 1 win2k server behind a linksys router,
connected to cable modem. One machine is ALWAYS sucking most of the
bandwidth. I want to limit that workstations bandwidth. I have found
software (bandwidth controller) that will limit the bandwidth for a nic, but
I don't have access to install software on the workstation in question (I
don't actually own that one). So what I was thinking is this: My server has
2 nic's in it, one not connected to anything at the moment, the other
connected to the linksys switch. What I would like to do is move the one
workstation off the linksys router and to the empty nic on the server.
Basically make the server a transparent bridge, but I don't know how to do
that. Then limit that nic's bandwidth with dandwidth controller.

Can that be done? and how? That's the big question.

TIA
CR
 
I don't think you can make the server a transparent bridge, but you can
enable IP forwarding and make the server act as a router. Would this help
you meet your goals?

See Q230082 for information on how to enable IP forwarding.

-Matt
 
Unfortunately....nope that wouldn't do it...I've already been down that
road. I set it up as a router, added the appropriate routes in the routing
table and it worked fine inside the lan....ie all could talk to that
machine, and it could talk to all on the lan, but the problem was getting
outside the linksys onto the internet. It could ping the linksys router, and
the linksys router could ping it....but the problem arose from a routed IP
behind a NAT firewall....it just didn't like it. I have been told that's a
function of the linksys router.....they don't handle it correctly is what
I've been told. ....dunno

Thanks
CR
 
Might want to try a different router/firewall, then - and I wouldn't turn a
perfectly good Windows server into a router or bridge - it can be done, but
I've never seen the point. Is the offending computer being used by someone
who insists on downloading 300MB of MP3 files while at work? If so, this is
an HR issue.
 
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