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Title: 2 x NIC in Server only Mode
Post by: shawnbishop on August 08, 2007, 01:44:02 PM: Good Day

I have 2 NIC with my machine in Server only Mode. The server will be a POP server for a number of Sites.

I would like to give 2 different IP address to the 2 NICs, that is they will be

NIC 1 : 10.0.0.1
NIC 2 : 10.0.0.2

Via NAT the 2 NIC will have different Public IP addresses eg

NIC 1 : 196.X.X.X
NIC 2 : 196.X.X.X

This enables the users on the outside world will be able to use the 2 different IP addresses to POP into the Server??

Is this possible?
Title: 2 x NIC in Server only Mode
Post by: shawnbishop on August 10, 2007, 07:11:17 AM: Can nobody Help??

I am looking to add two NIC in server mode, so that I can have two different local networks....

The NAT ing I can sort out, but I need to know how to add two Network cards, without bonding them
Title: 2 x NIC in Server only Mode
Post by: raem on August 10, 2007, 07:41:08 AM: shawnbishop

It's not supported.
You can add additional networks in one of the server mgr panels
Title: 2 x NIC in Server only Mode
Post by: shawnbishop on August 10, 2007, 07:53:02 AM: I wasnt clear enough I dont think.

We have a mailserver that has two NIC's , now I want to change it to a SME Server...

The current mail server has two NIC in it that have two Public IP addresses NAT ed to them eg

196.31.45.67 --------- 10.0.0.1 NIC 1

195.45.36.78 --------- 10.0.0.2 NIC 2

Now different customers use the two public IP addresses to POP their mail, the current mailserver is an old Red Hat 7 box that is struggling...I would like to use SME Server to update their mail server..

Is there no way to have to 2 local NIC..etc

Thx again.
Title: 2 x NIC in Server only Mode
Post by: raem on August 10, 2007, 07:56:17 AM: shawnbishop

To use your expression, I wasn't clear enough I don't think.

It's not supported.
Title: 2 x NIC in Server only Mode
Post by: shawnbishop on August 10, 2007, 10:13:13 AM: Oh well

Clear enough...off to CentOS installation, bugger
Title: 2 x NIC in Server only Mode
Post by: raem on August 10, 2007, 10:58:58 AM: shawnbishop

What does it gain you/the situation to have 2 IPs when they both go to the same mail server anyway ?

Would it be a viable alternative to have external DNS records forward requests for both IPs to the router/sme server (using one of the IPs) ?
Title: 2 x NIC in Server only Mode
Post by: Jean-Philippe Pialasse on August 10, 2007, 03:07:34 PM: or simply NAT the two public adress to the same local adress thanks to the gateway...