Vista Tutorial - Re: Local access only, no internet?

> Sounds like a multiple gateway problem.Except that doesn't solve it. Nor does going with all static IP info and
setting metrics on the interfaces and gateways. That's why I asked if
anyone knows what "logic" the OS is trying to use to make this assumption
about connectivity. Any links to discussions on it?

As for gateways not liking each other, that's nonsense. The gateways work
fine, it's a the eff'ed up STACK on the OS that's the problem. Cripes what
a mess. How an OS can decide that a NIC shouldn't have a gateway address
for it is screwed up, to say the least.

> Welcome to Vista - so dumbed down that it's dumber than even MSYes, and just where it needed to be even more stupid... routing! Ugh.
Yeah, well, not for a server box. It's actually running Windows 2008, aka
Vista without the UI bling.

"Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:f6OdnZDDvaEC05vUnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@xxxxxx2 Gateways is like a fork in the road for Windows.
No directions on what fork to take will crash you into the middle of the
fork.
As I stated, removing one of the gateways will give access again.
Why do you need two cards on the Internet at all?

Maybe more info about what you are doing will clarify how to get your
dual gateway working.

> 2 Gateways is like a fork in the road for Windows.There are 'directions'. They're called interface and gateway metrics. Is
the stack THAT stupid that it can't make use of them?
Except it doesn't.

In message <Tu-dnUzhqInh8JrUnZ2dnUVZ_uWdnZ2d@xxxxxx> "Bill
Kearney" <wkearney99@xxxxxx> was claimed to have wrote:
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.

I can force traffic for a specific destination IP out one or the other
by way of the route command (route add destination.ip local.gateway)

So in short, Vista handles this situation just fine.

On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:29:33 -0400, "Bill Kearney"
<wkearney99@xxxxxx> wrote:
I've seen lots of Server 2008 issues reported. Based on your note
about a server, I'll tweak my answer to "Install win 2003" :-)

In message <hsCdnRb4yZeA85fUnZ2dnUVZ_oHinZ2d@xxxxxx> "Bill
Kearney" <wkearney99@xxxxxx> was claimed to have wrote:
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.

"DevilsPGD" <spam_narf_spam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:b90lg4hlp3c7mligujccjpvogqnid9s4vt@xxxxxxAnd yet has nothing to do with actuall dealing with the problems presented
in the thread.

In message <E8adnTnKlMOJ_ZHUnZ2dnUVZ_vSdnZ2d@xxxxxx> "Bill
Kearney" <wkearney99@xxxxxx> was claimed to have wrote:
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.