I've done both of those setups successfully, on XP and Server 2003. I currently have a Server 2003 and a Vista machine set up on two networks as in your first example...one WAN and one LAN.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 1:00 PM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] Connecting one computer to two networks > > At 10:08 AM 3/16/2007, you wrote: > >I'm no network guru but isn't that bridging ? > >fp > > I don't think so, bridging is where you relay networks. For example > you bridge one wireless router to another in order to extend your > range. > > > >At 09:01 AM 3/16/2007, Thane Sherrington Poked the stick with: > > >Is it possible to use two NICs in XP to connect simultaneously to > > two networks? > > >T > > I have used this to connect to a WAN = cable modem on one NIC and my > LAN on another NIC in Win2k. In this way I used my Server as a router. > > However, I once tried to setup my onboard Gb NiC to another > motherboard with a onboard Gb NIC, and then use a PCI NIC for my LAN > through a Netgear router, using different IP addresses, but I could > never get it to work. Everybody said it should work but nobody could > tell me how to do it.... in any way that worked. My goal was to avoid > buying a GB switch which at that time were rare and pretty expensive. > Eventually I gave up and bought a SMC Gb switch.
