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A Network Interface Card is a computer component which connects to a physical network in order to send and receive data.

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VIP and private IP on same NIC

Is it possible to configure in the same NIC a VIP and a private IP (different) and both be enabled/accesible? If yes, is there a guarantee that the communication path for these 2 IPs will be exactly the same? Update: If this is possible, if I e.g.…
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I have a WinXP machine with 2 ethernet ports. One is connected to a LAN, another is connected to a WAN. How do I make this work?

I have a WinXP machine which has 2 ethernet ports. The information I've found indicates that the first nic in the advanced settings list is the one that receives all traffic. I'd like to configure them so that all traffic destined for a particular…
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Add IP Address without Plesk

I have an dedicated unmanaged server and added a few IP addresses to it (allocated), and the only information my hosting company has provided is instructions on how to use Plesk to Add IP Addresses. However, one of the first things I did was…
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what difference do different NICs make?

I am in the process of buying a dell server hosting a database and a web application and a low volume website. I am wondering what differences do the NICs make? Dell is quoting me with a Broadcom 5716 Gigabit w/o TOE which is default, but I see…
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Virtual machine with two nics connected to different networks on VmWare ESXi 4.1

I have a virtual machine and the need to add a different network to it. 1st nic is already working on 192.168.1.1 2nd nic should be working on 10.0.0.1 I've added the new nic and connected both to the same virtual switch but I can't ping on the…
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Adding More IPs to a Netcard on Linux

How do I add more IP addresses to a network card on Linux? Do I use the route command? It's Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS.
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Windows server SMB instances

Is it possible to setup 2 instances of SMB with build-in Windows SMB? For example: folders A, B, C and D are need to be shared. Server has 2 NICs. Is it possible to do that folder A and B is accessible through first NIC; C and D accessible through…
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How to rotate IPs using iptables having 2 NICs

I have 2 network interfaces in an ec2 linux server (eth0 eth1). After configuring the second NI (eth1), I'm able to ping both public IPs from eth0 and eth1 as to connect through SSH. Now, my idea is to rotate the IP from both NICs on all outgoing…
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Change External NIC to Public on Windows Server 2016

I've got a cloud network: 192.168.100.0/24 with: Pfsense GW (IPSec site-to-site) NIC1 = WAN-IP1 (fully blocked except IPSec) NIC2 = 192.168.100.1 DC (WinServer2016) NIC1 = WAN-IP2 (external) NIC2 = 192.168.100.2 with Pfsense as GW (internal) In…
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Can I use a HBA to connect to Internet

I recently got a QLogic QLE2460 network card which seems to be a Host Bus Adapter. Can I somehow use it as a network interface (NIC) between my server/workstation and a Cisco Catalyst switch with fibre channel modules. If no, what fibre channel card…
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Binding multiple IPs to one NIC

I'm trying to set up an ubuntu 14.04 server to listen on multiple IP addresses. A range has been assigned to the server (X.X.X.146/29) and ip addr show confirms that this is how eth0 has been configured (private info masked): $ ip addr show eth0 2:…
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Are Add-On 10gb Nics Legit?

Sorry if this is product specific but I'm not sure where else to ask Are these AddOn nics legitimate 10gbE, or does anyone have any experience with them. There about 1/100th of the price of the…
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Do I need 2 NIC cards to forward public IP to private IP?

To use NAT do I need 2 nic cards? I want to use my server for my own business (I don't require VPN) and simply need to forward my public IP to the private IP so that websites show up as www.upnorthsound.co.uk and not the private IP of the…
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How does the host OS process frames/packets meant for VMs?

I've been reading up on how VMs communicate on the internet using vNICs, vSwitches etc. Would like to confirm a few things For outbound traffic, the pNIC can be overridden send frames/packets with ip/MAC of the VM instead of host ip and hardcoded…
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Network Card with builtin VPN functionality?

I am looking for a PCI or PCI Express based Network card with builtin VPN possibilities or a network card which allows to flash its firmware vyatta, ipcop , routeros or any similar os. The idea is to allow remote support of a server system (access…
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