bendecko
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2 Nics and setting preferred route to net
Hi,
I've got a machine with two NICs.
I'd like to set a preferred route to the Internet via one of the NICs and for the machine to only use the other route when the first one is unavailable.
I've set the Route Metric for the 'Backup' Route to 2 and after a reboot the machine appears to do the right thing and packets travel via the correct NIC. However after a few days the 'Backup Route' gets used.
How can I force the Primary Route?
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>rou te print
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Interface List
0x1 .......................... . MS TCP Loopback interface
0x2 ...00 02 e3 03 e3 ba ...... NETGEAR FA311/312 PCI Adapter
0x3 ...00 a0 c9 c8 08 27 ...... Intel(R) PRO Adapter
========================== ========== ========== ========== ========== =========
========================== ========== ========== ========== ========== =========
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.10.80.1 10.10.80.2 1
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.6 1
10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 10.10.80.2 10.10.80.2 2
10.10.80.2 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 2
10.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 10.10.80.2 10.10.80.2 2
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.6 192.168.0.6 1
192.168.0.6 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.0.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.6 192.168.0.6 1
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 10.10.80.2 10.10.80.2 2
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 192.168.0.6 192.168.0.6 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.6 192.168.0.6 1
Default Gateway: 10.10.80.1
========================== ========== ========== ========== ========== =========
Persistent Routes:
None
Thanks
I've got a machine with two NICs.
I'd like to set a preferred route to the Internet via one of the NICs and for the machine to only use the other route when the first one is unavailable.
I've set the Route Metric for the 'Backup' Route to 2 and after a reboot the machine appears to do the right thing and packets travel via the correct NIC. However after a few days the 'Backup Route' gets used.
How can I force the Primary Route?
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>rou
==========================
Interface List
0x1 ..........................
0x2 ...00 02 e3 03 e3 ba ...... NETGEAR FA311/312 PCI Adapter
0x3 ...00 a0 c9 c8 08 27 ...... Intel(R) PRO Adapter
==========================
==========================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.10.80.1 10.10.80.2 1
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.6 1
10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 10.10.80.2 10.10.80.2 2
10.10.80.2 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 2
10.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 10.10.80.2 10.10.80.2 2
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.6 192.168.0.6 1
192.168.0.6 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.0.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.6 192.168.0.6 1
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 10.10.80.2 10.10.80.2 2
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 192.168.0.6 192.168.0.6 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.6 192.168.0.6 1
Default Gateway: 10.10.80.1
==========================
Persistent Routes:
None
Thanks
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I'd fixed the 'Interface Metic' to 2 - but I needed to change the dialogue above - the 'gateway metric' to 2.
Works great now.
Thank you
Bendecko