two NIC RT

[miguelRT]

Hello,

I have two desktop PCs:

First PC

Labview 8 Developer suite
Windows XP
1 ethernet NIC
IP: 161.72.81.57


Second PC
Phar Lap ETS operative system
2 ethernet NIC, one integrated in the mother board, and the second one in a PCI bus.
When I turn it on I get the following information in the screen:

"
Device 1 - MAC address: 00:A0:C9:E8:69:72- 181.161.72.160  (primary)
Device 2 - MAC address: 00:08:74:A4:C9:5E- 181.161.72.1

Welcome to Labview Real-time 8.0
"



The "device 1" is the PCI one, while the "device 2" is the integrated one.


The three NICS are connected to a 10/100 Mbps hub.
subnet mask for NIC in first PC and PCI NIC in second PC
250.250.240.0

Subnet mask for integrated NIC in second PC
250.250.250.0


Concerning second PC my doubts and comments are:

1.-Being both NICs available, I can only use the primary one for TCP, UDP or even a ping.
¿Shouldn`t both NICs answer to a ping from the first PC?

2.-MAX software allows me only two options:

To have the PCI NIC as primary and the integrated one supposed to be available.
To have the integrated NIC as primary but disabling the PCI NIC.

Thanks

Miguel

[miguelRT]

Hello,

I have already resolved it.

I changed the IP of the integrated NIC in the second PC to 10.0.0.1 and created a second IP in the first PC 10.0.0.2, then it worked.

see you

Miguel

[Rod_Don]

Hi, Miguel:

Can you tell me what kind of desktop you're using for ETS? We are in the process of selecting one.

Thanks,

Rod

[miguelRT]

Hello Rod,

I have installed the two NICs in a desktop PC DELL Optiplex 260 and it worked fine. This is not specially fast, but it is what I had available in the moment that I had to choose.

I think better performance would be achieved with a DELL Optiplex GX620 (Intel pentium 4, 1GB RAM etc) which is faster.

But I have not installed Phar Lap ETS Operative system in DELL Optiplex GX620 , only in the DELL Optiplex 260.

Take a look at

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/CB3434DA94466DD286256E9E006BB775?OpenDocument

http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/371857a.pdf

Tell me if I can help in some other way

cheers

Miguel

[miguelRT]

Rod,

When I say "DELL Optiplex 260" I mean "DELL Optiplex GX260".

Sorry

Miguel