1- NIC to Router and 1- Company Lan?

HoustonG33K · ‎05-30-2007

I know this might not be the smartest question ever but can I have 1 nic plugged into a router im tftp-ing to and 1 plugged into the company network at the same time? I am configing a ton of routers and want to be able to DL software at the same time from Cisco.

Thanks ahead.

b.speltz · ‎06-05-2007

Yes, You can alwys do that with two nic cards

HoustonG33K · ‎06-06-2007

Thats what I do now. The problem is that if Im programming a router with Con cable and a Xover cable for TFTP while I want to check something on Cisco.com using the other nic it never finds a web site because the computer doesnt know where to route the traffic.

I think the next step is a small switch.(trying not to do that)

david.bradley · ‎06-07-2007

Depending on the type of workstation you are using you should be able to control the routing, just make you standard NIC connection the default gateway.