2003 Server Standard:Have 2 NIC cards?

Question

...one connected to a Network, and second to another PC.. HOW do I make the Second PC visible on the network also...

Actually the system - is hooked into a lan with a router and switch. Internet connection is on the router end. ICS is not turned on. The machine.. setup as a file server.. is using 2003 Server standard edition... has an ip address 192.168.10.11 on the lan with 255.255.255.0 mask. Gateway 192.168.10.1 - (to router) I hooked in another PC to the second NIC on the Server Machine... but it is not visible on the network... The 2 machines can see each other. But only the Server is visible on the network... Need to know if possible to get the second machine to be visible/accessible over the network....

Answer 1

Well, 2003 is generating a SECOND network. If you check the machine connected to the server will show a 10.0.0.x address because the DHCP of Server 2003 passes those out. (unless you changed it) If you want all machines on the 192.168.1.x network, you have several choices, 1.connect the second machine to the same router, not the server. 2 Turn off DHCP of the server and allow the router it issue all addresses (bridge the nics in the server) 3. Turn on ICS on the server and run a second network - isolated from the first.

The other option is to "bridge" the two nics in the server so that they use the same network and not generate a second one.

Basically what I am saying is that your 2003 server is working as a SECOND router on your network and you have to tell it you want it to bridge these networks or well, it won't.

Answer 2

You are using Internet Connection Sharing? Yes?

I am not sure that a PC connected via Internet Connection Sharing shows up on a topology of the network as it is connecting through a different PC. However, all you need to know is the proper address of the second computer to access files, and vice versa. You know, the name of the computer with a \\ in front of it. Such as \\MainPC\C:\Shared Folder\Kimberly, or \\MainPC\C:\My Network Places.

Good luck and a nice holiday season.