NIC questions

Hi,
I have installed 2 NICs on a Server. One of them is
connected to company's network (IP Address is assigned by
company's DHCP Server). The other one is connected to a
private testing network and I plan to use that server as
AD in the testing LAN.
I would like to know
1) Is it necessary to consider the sequnce of binding of
the NICs ? Company LAN - Local Area Connection and
Private LAN - Local Area Connection 2. Does the sequence
significant ?
2) From my understanding, when we run ipconfig/all, the
first NIC shown is the primary NIC. How can we change the
sequence ?
ThanksFor SQL Server, the order is irrelevant. SQL binds to all valid addresses
that exist at service startup.
Change the binding order for your NICs to change the order they appear in
the IPCONFIG output.
--
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior Database Administrator
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"Peter" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have installed 2 NICs on a Server. One of them is
> connected to company's network (IP Address is assigned by
> company's DHCP Server). The other one is connected to a
> private testing network and I plan to use that server as
> AD in the testing LAN.
> I would like to know
> 1) Is it necessary to consider the sequnce of binding of
> the NICs ? Company LAN - Local Area Connection and
> Private LAN - Local Area Connection 2. Does the sequence
> significant ?
> 2) From my understanding, when we run ipconfig/all, the
> first NIC shown is the primary NIC. How can we change the
> sequence ?
> Thanks
>|||Dear Geoff,
Thank you for your reply. I should have posted it to Windows Server
newsgroup.
However, how do I change the binding order for the NICs ?
Thanks
Peter
"Geoff N. Hiten" <sqlcraftsman@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:e4ZR9NquFHA.3316@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> For SQL Server, the order is irrelevant. SQL binds to all valid addresses
> that exist at service startup.
> Change the binding order for your NICs to change the order they appear in
> the IPCONFIG output.
> --
> Geoff N. Hiten
> Senior Database Administrator
> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
> "Peter" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:02f001c5ba90$ffdd7e50$a601280a@.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>> I have installed 2 NICs on a Server. One of them is
>> connected to company's network (IP Address is assigned by
>> company's DHCP Server). The other one is connected to a
>> private testing network and I plan to use that server as
>> AD in the testing LAN.
>> I would like to know
>> 1) Is it necessary to consider the sequnce of binding of
>> the NICs ? Company LAN - Local Area Connection and
>> Private LAN - Local Area Connection 2. Does the sequence
>> significant ?
>> 2) From my understanding, when we run ipconfig/all, the
>> first NIC shown is the primary NIC. How can we change the
>> sequence ?
>> Thanks
>|||This may vary slightly by OS version.
On the Network Connections page, Select ADVANCED | Advanced Settings on the
menu. First page should be Adapters and Bindings. Change the order as you
need to.
--
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior Database Administrator
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"Peter" <Peter@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Dear Geoff,
> Thank you for your reply. I should have posted it to Windows Server
> newsgroup.
> However, how do I change the binding order for the NICs ?
> Thanks
> Peter
> "Geoff N. Hiten" <sqlcraftsman@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e4ZR9NquFHA.3316@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> For SQL Server, the order is irrelevant. SQL binds to all valid
>> addresses that exist at service startup.
>> Change the binding order for your NICs to change the order they appear in
>> the IPCONFIG output.
>> --
>> Geoff N. Hiten
>> Senior Database Administrator
>> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>> "Peter" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:02f001c5ba90$ffdd7e50$a601280a@.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>> I have installed 2 NICs on a Server. One of them is
>> connected to company's network (IP Address is assigned by
>> company's DHCP Server). The other one is connected to a
>> private testing network and I plan to use that server as
>> AD in the testing LAN.
>> I would like to know
>> 1) Is it necessary to consider the sequnce of binding of
>> the NICs ? Company LAN - Local Area Connection and
>> Private LAN - Local Area Connection 2. Does the sequence
>> significant ?
>> 2) From my understanding, when we run ipconfig/all, the
>> first NIC shown is the primary NIC. How can we change the
>> sequence ?
>> Thanks
>>
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