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lwerman   05-21-2009 at 12:46:40 AM

Hello,

I have a Windows2000 Server that does our network backups to an internal tape changer using Backup Exec for Windows Server (BEWS).

I have just upgraded from tape to a NAS drive.

While the simple answer is to connect the NAS to the NW switch, I was hoping I could connect it to the 2nd NIC in the server. My thinking is it may isolate the NAS from other NW users snooping & possibly work better.

My problem is that the server can't see the devices on both NICs, therefore BEWS can't see them either. Workgroup viewing seems to default only to the NIC with the NAS. I have to disable that NIC to see the NW hosts on the other NIC. The 2 NICs are just different IPs on the same subnet.

Is ther a simple solution or do I need to move the NAS NW connection to the switch?

Thanx.....Len

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sturm   05-21-2009 at 05:34:58 PM
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Try setting the Nas to a different network from the normal network. Do not put a default gateway in the config. Hard set the servers other nic ip with the correct gateway for the normal network.

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phlatline   05-29-2009 at 04:12:57 PM
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sturm wrote :

Try setting the Nas to a different network from the normal network. Do not put a default gateway in the config. Hard set the servers other nic ip with the correct gateway for the normal network.



AKA use a different subnet. If your network uses 192.168.1.X then use 192.168.2.X

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