nic questions - Page 1

rjmoggach

Asked: 2011-10-17 05:17:44 +0800 CST

What is the command to flash a NIC link light?

39

I remember using a command line tool to flash a NIC's link light to identify it. I can't remember for the life of me what it was.

kernel

Asked: 2011-09-17 07:06:39 +0800 CST

Can a single network card have 2 IP addresses?

37

Are network cards and IP addresses a one-one map?

user55029

Asked: 2011-02-11 20:05:54 +0800 CST

How fast is 127.0.0.1?

48

I wonder if it is tied to my NIC at all or if the OS or driver intercepts and immediately returns data sent to the loopback address?

Does the signal actually travel to my NIC then the NIC returns it?

noctonura

Asked: 2010-04-07 15:19:32 +0800 CST

Is there any reason to have 2 NICs on a server?

21

Is there any reason to have 2 NICs on a server BESIDES the following cases?

You need to connect to 2 different physical networks
Redudancy (1 NIC fails, so you use the other)

Are there any other reasons?

Cédric Boivin

Asked: 2010-03-07 05:01:30 +0800 CST

Windows Server 2008: specifying the default IP address when NIC has multiple addresses

23

I have a Windows Server which has ~10 IP addresses statically bound. The problem is I don't know how to specify the default IP address.

Sometimes when I assign a new address to the NIC, the default IP address changes with the last IP entered in the advanced IP configuration on the NIC. This has the effect (since I use NAT) that the outgoing public IP changes too.

Even though this problem is currently on Windows Server 2008.

How can you set the default IP address on a NIC when it has multiple IP addresses bound?

There is more explication on my problem.

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Here is the output of ipconfig:

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.49(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.51(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.52(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.53(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.54(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.55(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.56(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.57(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.58(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.59(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.60(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.61(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.62(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.64(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.65(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.66(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.67(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.68(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.70(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.71(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.100(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.108(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.109(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.112(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.63(Duplicate)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.1

If I do a pathping there is the answer, the first up is the 99.49, also if my default IP address is 99.100

Tracing route to www.l.google.com [72.14.204.99]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
  0  Machine [192.168.99.49]

There is the routing table on the machine:

 Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface  Metric
              0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0     192.168.99.1    192.168.99.49    261
           10.10.10.0    255.255.255.0         On-link       10.10.10.10    261
          10.10.10.10  255.255.255.255         On-link       10.10.10.10    261
         10.10.10.255  255.255.255.255         On-link       10.10.10.10    261
         192.168.99.0    255.255.255.0         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.49  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.51  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.52  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.53  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.54  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.55  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.56  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.57  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.58  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.59  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.60  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.61  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.62  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.64  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.65  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.66  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.67  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.68  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.70  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
        192.168.99.71  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
       192.168.99.100  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
       192.168.99.108  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
       192.168.99.109  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
       192.168.99.112  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
       192.168.99.255  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
            224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
            224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link       10.10.10.10    261
      255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.49    261
      255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link       10.10.10.10    261

I think my route should look like:

Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface  Metric
              0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0     192.168.99.1    **192.168.99.100**    261
           10.10.10.0    255.255.255.0         On-link       10.10.10.10    261
          10.10.10.10  255.255.255.255         On-link       10.10.10.10    261
         10.10.10.255  255.255.255.255         On-link       10.10.10.10    261
         192.168.99.0    255.255.255.0         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.49  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.51  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.52  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.53  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.54  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.55  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.56  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.57  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.58  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.59  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.60  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.61  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.62  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.64  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.65  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.66  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.67  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.68  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.70  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
        192.168.99.71  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
       192.168.99.100  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
       192.168.99.108  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
       192.168.99.109  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
       192.168.99.112  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
       192.168.99.255  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
            224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
            224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link       10.10.10.10    261
      255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.99.100    261
      255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link       10.10.10.10    261

How can I be sure the IP address used in the image (supposed to be the default IP address) will be use by my server as the default address?

What is the command to flash a NIC link light?

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How fast is 127.0.0.1?

Is there any reason to have 2 NICs on a server?

Windows Server 2008: specifying the default IP address when NIC has multiple addresses

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