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How do I add a 2nd LAN card

Offline basmistry

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How do I add a 2nd LAN card
« on: December 08, 2008, 05:40:13 PM »
My default LAN card is 192.168.1.1

I want to add another card and give it 192.168.2.1

How do I add the 2nd LAN??

Offline cactus

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Re: How do I add a 2nd LAN card
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2008, 07:29:40 PM »
My default LAN card is 192.168.1.1

I want to add another card and give it 192.168.2.1

How do I add the 2nd LAN??
I suppose you want this to have a WAN and a LAN NIC to run in server-gateway mode. Just insert it and reconfigure by login in as admin and choosing the appropriate option from the menu (http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter5#Configuring_Server_and_Gateway_Mode)?

Other options with two NICs are not supported on SME Server.
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Offline David Harper

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Re: How do I add a 2nd LAN card
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2008, 09:07:03 PM »
You may need to run kudzu to detect the newly added NIC as well.

Offline MSmith

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Re: How do I add a 2nd LAN card
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2008, 08:04:21 AM »
The OP specifically stated that a second LAN adapter is desired, which as has been discussed many times previously, is Not SME Best Practice.  There have been some discussions here and there; here's one in Bugzilla:

http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2669
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Offline CharlieBrady

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Re: How do I add a 2nd LAN card
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2008, 10:50:41 PM »
My default LAN card is 192.168.1.1

I want to add another card and give it 192.168.2.1

How do I add the 2nd LAN??

Don't. Just add a router which supports the 192.168.2.x LAN on a different port, and add the 192.168.2.x network to the SME server configuration via the local networks panel in the server manager.