QUOTE(amogh_gulwady @ Aug 1 2006, 06:38 PM) [snapback]57214[/snapback]
I want to take a
ADSL conenction, while i still want to keep my LAN card for the LAN. Is it possible for me two configure to separate NICs with different IP settings and all that? I am averse to using the USB port since going through the posts, the obvious opinion is that USB sucks.
Cheers,
Amogh
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Assuming you have two network cards already in the computer, it is quite easy to make them work. Just make sure that the NICs are in different subnets. Lets do an example. Assume your ADSL modem's LAN network is 192.168.0.0 and that you modem's LAN ip address is 192.168.0.1. Also assume that *your* LAN network, beyond this computer (or other computers in your nework which are sharing your internet connection through this computer of yours) are on 192.168.1.0 network. Then, you can have the two NICs configured in this way:
Nic1:
IP: 192.168.0.10
subnet: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.0.1
Network: 192.168.0.0
DNS: , , etc.
Nic2:
IP: 192.168.1.20
subnet: 255.255.255.0
Network: 192.168.1.0
gateway:
DNS: , , etc.
Note that Nic1 is on 192.168.0.x subnet and Nic2 is on 192.168.1.x subnet. You will, of course, need to modify the above if your setup is different.
In Windoze, you need to set up one of the Nics as Internet NIC (in our example, that would Nic1) and the other as Local NIC.
For all I know (if your modem is in bridge mode), you need not to give any IP adress to your Nic1 (the one connected to the ADSL modem) at all. It doesn't really matter; if needed (and if you are in Windoze), your OS will give an IP to the card automatically. But IMHO, this is not a good idea. It is better to have things fixed and known. So the best option is keep Nic1 on the same subnet as the ADSL modem's LAN port.
Another little note, In Windoze, even if you keep both the cards on the same subnet (e.g. 192.168.0.x), your network *may* still work (I mainly use Linux, so not sure about this). But this is not right if you want to talk to the two subnets. The two Nics must be on different subnets.
hope this helps,
but feel free to ask if you have more questions.