Comments on: internet connection through local subnet

By: 0ct0pus

0ct0pus — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 01:18:42 +0000

On the application layer IE doesn’t have that capabilities.
You can only set it on the network layer, by giving more weigh on the subnet 1 gateway on the routing table.

By: zzegri

zzegri — Thu, 05 May 2005 15:39:07 +0000

Is there a way to point Internet Explorer at a particular nic on a 2 nic system?

By: astronomer

astronomer — Wed, 04 May 2005 17:00:03 +0000

I suspect the solution you are looking for is called Internet Connection Sharing by microsoft. They designed ICS specifically for a home situation where one system is on the internet and you want other systems to use the ICS system as their gateway to the internet. ICS is very limited in what it can do but your description seems to be a good match.
Before implementing this solution make sure the internet gateway system is hardened. This tends to be difficult with win2k boxes. You may be better off with an appliance firewall or unix/linux system as your gateway. If you already have a good firewall then this is much less important.
There is considerable information on ICS on the internet. Also, like most microsoft programs it’s fairly simple to set up.
rt

By: cptrelentless

cptrelentless — Wed, 04 May 2005 05:32:27 +0000

Yes, Win2k automatically routes between local interfaces on different subnets. If you’re not using the server for something else you could always use IP filters to limit it to certain traffic.