2 IP's on 1 NIC

13 Nov 2006 11:41 PM

TOM (AB)

Can a single NIC be configured to communicate on 2 subnets and if so, how?

14 Nov 2006 1:45 AM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <133BF91D-0F11-4082-8CA0-3C8209FA5***@microsoft.com>, TOM
(AB) <TO***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Can a single NIC be configured to communicate on 2 subnets and if so, how?

Yes, provided that you assign it a static IP address in each subnet.
I don't know of a way to do it with dynamic IP addresses.

Configure the first static IP address as usual in the network
connection's TCP/IP properties. Then, click the Advanced button and
add the second static IP address.

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