Dual NICs for niftier networking
Ray Geroski
Published: 23 Jul 2002 08:32 BST
You activate Win2K's NLB in the network properties window, as show in Figure A. You can then open up the Properties window for NLB and specify the desired settings.
| Figure A |
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| Activating NLB |
You must specify one NIC as primary, with a dedicated, virtual IP address that will be shared by all of the load-balancing NICs. In the Cluster Parameters tab, specify the Primary IP Address and the Full Internet Name (Figure B). The network address is the MAC address of the primary NIC.
| Figure B |
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| NLB properties |
What you end up with is a setup in which a single Internet name points to the virtual IP shared by the load balancers. Whenever users access the specified URL, they are directed to one of the servers depending on availability and rules set up in the NLB configuration.
In the Host parameters tab (Figure C), specify options for the particular host you're configuring.
| Figure C |
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| Host parameters |
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