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Old 11-01-2008   #9 (permalink)
DevilsPGD


 
 

Re: Local access only, no internet?

In message <E8adnTnKlMOJ_ZHUnZ2dnUVZ_vSdnZ2d@xxxxxx> "Bill
Kearney" <wkearney99@xxxxxx> was claimed to have wrote:
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>"DevilsPGD" <spam_narf_spam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:b90lg4hlp3c7mligujccjpvogqnid9s4vt@xxxxxx
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>> In message <hsCdnRb4yZeA85fUnZ2dnUVZ_oHinZ2d@xxxxxx> "Bill
>> Kearney" <wkearney99@xxxxxx> was claimed to have wrote:
>>
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>>>"DevilsPGD" <spam_narf_spam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news:j76gg45spp6f02j7vvhohvmv7k6g7i9a3i@xxxxxx
>>>> I have a VM with two virtual ethernet adapters, I connected them to
>>>> different LANs and still am able to transmit and receive packets on
>>>> both.
>>>
>>>And yet, since I'm not using a VM, how does that relate?
>>
>> Fairly simple -- This indicates that Vista's TCP stack is able to handle
>> running with two gateways on two different networks, with two default
>> gateways.
>
>And yet has nothing to do with actuall dealing with the problems presented
>in the thread.
I am specifically answering your comment n message
<Tu-dnUzhqInh8JrUnZ2dnUVZ_uWdnZ2d@xxxxxx>, where you wrote:

|There are 'directions'. They're called interface and gateway metrics. Is
|the stack THAT stupid that it can't make use of them?

The answer is no, the stack isn't that stupid, and it can use gateway
metrics as well as individual routing table metrics by way of the ROUTE
command.
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