audiomuze;504090 Wrote: > > So, a few questions: > - Does having 2x NICS on a single device each assigned unique IPs in > the same subnet create an issue and can it be overcome? I'd like to > overcome it because making one of my PCs the gateway forces meto have it > on anytime another device needs access. > - If I'm forced to use Internet connection sharing with one PC on the > network connected to the router, how do I best configure this? > > Thx
Question 1: Yes it causes issues - primarily because the PC doesn't know which interface to use when sending packets out because both interfaces are within the same IP subnet. Different IP stacks handle this differently and there is no standard. (Some sent it our the first one, some load-balance it, some refuse to let you assign a second interface in the same subnet...etc). It's generally considered an invalid configuration. This is likely why your initial attempt didn't work out. Your best bet is put everything on one flat network (e.g. plug everything into 192.168.168 and stop using the 2nd interfaces on the PCs all together). Then use your DSL router as your default gateway. There is really no need to be using two NICs (if you're doing it for bandwidth reasons). Even the highest quality audio streams are minuscule compared to a gigabit of bandwidth. For example a 256kbps stream would only use about .03% of a gigabit of bandwidth (that's .03% not 3%!). -C -- cburke ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cburke's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35876 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73702 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
