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More info?)
I think it you'll receive an warning telling you that the IP address it's
already on use on another network adapter ... but I think it's just an
warning. Or before of this, you can change the IP address of the old network
adapter.
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Andrei Ungureanu
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"J.H" <jpthsd@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> Thanks for your response. I actually did not attempt to change the IP
> address,
> I just want to bind the current IP from onboard NIC to the add-on NIC, IP
> address will stay the same.
>
> I plan:
>
> - Installed the new add-on NIC, connect this to a seperate switch A
> - Start the server, connect the current active on-board NIC to a seperate
> switch A
> - Disable the current onboard NIC, configure the IP address for the add-on
> board NIC
>
>
> I was wondering while disabling onboard NIC, whether the system releases
> the
> IP address
> that bound to the onboard or we have to assign any invalid IP address for
> the onboard and
> bind the previous IP address to the new add-on NIC for the domain
> controller, after that
> connect it to the production network!!
>
> J.H
>
> "ptwilliams" <ptw2001@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OlWp$Jb0EHA.3416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> I agree with Andrei.
>>
>> Have a quick look at the following article. It's not exactly what you're
>> after but can give one or two pointers.
>> -- http://www.msresource.net/content/view/22/47/
>>
>> Remember: DNS! Ensure that clients are pointing to another DNS as well
>> as
>> this one. Ensure this server isn't listening on the IP you're going to
>> change only, and remember to remove the old A record from DNS.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Paul Williams
>>
>>
http://www.msresource.net
>>
http://forums.msresource.net
>>
>>
>> "J.H" <jpthsd@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uMAeODY0EHA.2860@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> We currently have 3 domain controllers (GCs also). One of the
>> backup domain controller we would like to change the network adapter
>> (onboard)
>> to the add-on gigabit network adapter. It means the IP address of that
>> domain
>> controller will be bound to the new add-on gigabit network adapter.
>>
>> I planned to do off-network the IP changing from the old onboard 100Mbps
>> adapter to new 1000Mbps adpater.
>>
>> Please advise whether any concern about problem might occur for this
>> action!!!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jake
>>
>>
>>
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