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How many IP's does NT support?
Name: Kathryn Date: November 6, 2000 at 14:24:37 Pacific
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I'm looking to have multiple IP's on the same server, to the tune of thousands. I've heard that Win NT (and 2000) have a limit of 271 IP's that can be bound to it. Can anyone confirm/deny?
Name: gary.blandford-hull@ (by GBH) Date: November 7, 2000 at 03:15:56 Pacific
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Might I ask why?
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Response Number 2
Name: Kohath Date: November 7, 2000 at 06:12:11 Pacific
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Yeah, why?
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Response Number 3
Name: Kohath Date: November 7, 2000 at 06:30:49 Pacific
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I may very well be wrong, but I think that you can only bind 4 IP addresses to a nic in NT.
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Response Number 4
Name: gary.blandford-hull@ (by GBH) Date: November 7, 2000 at 07:07:42 Pacific
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You are ;)
Technet mentions this at http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/winnt/reskit/sur_tcp2.asp
"Five addresses per card may be configured using Control Panel; however, more may be added in the Registry. For details, see the IPAddress registry parameter in online Registry Help. "
The specific article is http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q149/4/26.asp
It states that
"Windows NT 4.0 has no limitation on the number of IP addresses that can be bound to a NIC. The limitation is on system resources."
So theres your answer - beefier box = higher limit
Hope this helps
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Response Number 5
Name: Kohath Date: November 7, 2000 at 07:23:52 Pacific
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GBH thank you for your beneficent magnificence, if it weren’t for people like you I wouldn’t learn anything, and I would still be stuck on help desk, God bless.
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Response Number 6
Name: gary.blandford-hull@ (by GBH) Date: November 7, 2000 at 07:40:28 Pacific
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Always happy to help. Is that sarcasm I smell? ;)
It wasn't meant to be flippant on my side but on reflection I can see how you might have read it as such. Sorry for any offence.
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Response Number 7
Name: Kohath Date: November 7, 2000 at 07:54:42 Pacific
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None taken, I was referring to the previous post about low-level format =p
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Response Number 8
Name: ahmad hendri Date: December 14, 2000 at 01:03:54 Pacific
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does nt40 support two NIC in one computer???, i have install two NIC with same product (compex RD100) but not appear in network. does some one know about this?? thank
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