On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:11 PM, DAVID SMITH <[email protected]> wrote: > I have 2 servers that are identical that has 2 network ports.
As ASB points out, they're obviously not identical, or you'd be getting identical results. > Both of the servers have their local connection plugged > into port 1 and their back network plugged into port 2. What do you mean by "local connection" and "back network"? > When you ping the server name on these servers, one > server replies back with the local area connection and > the other replies back with the back network. You can't really ping a name, only an IP address. If you give ping a name, it looks up an IP address. The first thing to do is to see which IP address ping is lookup up. That will tell you if the difference is in name resolution or some network layer thing. A comment on name resolution that may be applicable: In general, if a name has multiple IP addresses associated with it, you shouldn't depend on those IP addresses being given in any particular order. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
