Is there any way how I can enable a second network adapter while one is already active?

its along these same lines but i need similar... i can enable them both...... (my setup below)NIC 1:Manual External IP: 66.26.16.123 (not real!)Manual External Subnet: 255.255.0.0Manual Gateway: 10.2.2.2DNS:Manual 1: 4.2.4.2 (not real!)Manual 2: 4.4.2.2 (not real!)This is for direct internet connection.NIC 2:Manual Internal IP: 10.1.4.6Manual Subnet: 255.255.248.0Manaul Gateway: 10.2.2.2DNS: Manual 1: 4.2.4.2Manual 2: 4.4.2.2Now it works fine UNTIL i have an internal computer access the server via that NIC 2..... once it does i lose all internet conectivity.... (ie it stops using NIC 1 to access the external IP and thus the internet....)Any solutions???? Idea's????I remember the Network connection wizard in XP used to help me with this but as for manual NIC setup its been to long and i have forgotten..... (NT..)

Answer to question #1: Yes you can, start NaSC and click on manage network connections, configure your second adapter and you're good to go. Answer to question #2: Why the different IP's? Enable RRAS and configure it and it'll work just fine. Both your nic's share the same gateway but are located on different subnets. If you want this to work you might need to add static routes manually.

Joachim Nsslander - Qbranch AB wrote: Answer to question #1: Yes you can, start NaSC and click on manage network connections, configure your second adapter and you're good to go. Hi Joachim, If you don't already have an active network connection, then you must open Hardware Properties via System in the control panel, or my computer but there is no link to the Network and Sharing Center and vice versa? Why does this apparent omission exist?

In the control panel there's a link to NaSC. I'm running RC0 and if I unplug my cable there's the two computers with a little warning sign. If I disable all my nics there's not, but since I from windows point of view don't have any nics there's no use in showing the icon. (Compare this to the battery icon on a laptop, on a regular computer it doesn't show, since there is no battery)

The way it is now I must alternate between the system tray and the hardware properties of my computer, an unnaceptable situation in my view. P.S How do I know if I'm running RCO?

Why do you need to alternate? Configure once, let it be. (As Beatles would have put it). If you're using 2008 on your laptop like I do, it's a choice one makes instead of Vista, and hence have to live with it. The OS is not designed for client use and as such doesn't have all the nifty things Vista does for making life easier for the user. For checking RC0, check the properties for your computer and the servicepack level should be v.275. (It is when running x64 at least)

me.compositor wrote: How do I know if I'm running RCO? Here's how to checkyour version beyond the obvious 6001 build number, which all recent Windows Server 2008 test versions seem to be equiped with. Joachim Nsslander - Qbranch AB wrote: For checking RC0, check the properties for your computer and the servicepack level should be v.275. That's right.

NIC#1: InternetNIC#2: LANThats why diffrent IP'sHow would i go about enabling RRAS?

Joachim Nsslander - Qbranch AB wrote: Why do you need to alternate? Configure once, let it be. (As Beatles would have put it). If you're using 2008 on your laptop like I do, it's a choice one makes instead of Vista, and hence have to live with it. The OS is not designed for client use and as such doesn't have all the nifty things Vista does for making life easier for the user. For checking RC0, check the properties for your computer and the servicepack level should be v.275. (It is when running x64 at least) Hi Joachim, Very cool response I like it but I thought the idea was to develop a simple but yet robust setof features and implementations for later inclusion in the Windows Kernel Operating System. I found that by disabling an adapter and then enabling another one immediately thereafter that it actually froze my machine (not happy Jan) so I was hoping that something could be changed and ultimately improved in this area. Thanks again From Garth

To enable RRAS you install the role from server manager. Then you'll need to configure routing, the wizard will ask you which interface is internal and which is external. If you just follow it you can then set your server as default gateway for your clients and it'll route traffic. As for the other topic in this thread I think that the dev teams has developed the Vista features with the home / business user in mind and the Windows Server-side of it is for administrators. Administrators tend to "know their way around" and as such are not as interested in easy/wizard-driven/automatic configuration. (This is my personal view and as I'm not Microsoft-employed I have no way of knowing..)

@JoachimThe thing is when i do that i get an error near the end of setup and it error's out...Additionally i do not want the server to do any routing.... WAN1 is for patch update needs and LAN1 is for applying those updates to the network... the PC's on LAN go through a router already and only look for the LAN1 IP for grabbing updates... not getting them through the server...Sorry if my situation is a bit strange however performance wise it works really well...

Kane: If you look at your NIC-configuration: NIC 1:Manual External IP: 66.26.16.123 (not real!)Manual External Subnet: 255.255.0.0Manual Gateway: 10.2.2.2 Your external IP is not on the same subnet as your gateway, aka it's not routeable. You'll need to edit your IP-configuration to be correct. If you have one management network you'll need to make sure that the binding order is correct. Multi-homed servers are not supported in all configurations and others like DC's throw funny errors because of the dual nic's.

hmm weird.... everything else works perfectly its just this single thing..... and that router thats 10.2.2.2 is the only gateway that we have and it works fine... you say its not routeable but it works just fine....

IPSec is non-routable via NAT.