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How-to implement multiple lan interfaces in Windows 2000 Server

In my situation I have a single server acting as A/D, DHCP, DNS and SQL server for my network of workstations. The same server is connected to an off-site remote storage faciltiy that keeps a copy of our data. I am concerned that when I start sending large volumes of data from the server to the internet a single interface to the LAN becomes congested. Can I put a second NIC in the server and have all of my LAN traffic go through one and all of the server to internet traffic go through the other? How does one set the up in Windows 2000.

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That would have been the way to do it from the beginning, not because of the line getting congested (what is your internet bandwidth?), but for security reasons. It is always better to have different networks on different segments.

Theoretically you can put as many interfaces into a server as you want, you just need enough empty slots. You can get multinetwork cards, where one card maybe has 4 network sockets.
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Adding more cards and segments may not the best way to fix your congestion.

Adding  a second card may not speed things up much. Adding another segment may help, but you will need a router to make it happen (IE. more complex)

First  make sure you know where the slow down is.

1. your lan
2. your server
3. your Iinternet connection

An other option are a faster lan (if you are only at 100 mb you look at 1000 mb).









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