Just installed a new XP pro 64bit and am trying what you've suggested, taking all protocols out of nic1 but no data what so ever shows up on wireshark when I do this.
On Thu, 13 May 2010 11:43:23 -0500, mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Just wanting to understand what I'm doing. Always good to learn rather than
> simply being told :).
>
>> MS client gets disabled if you disable TCP/IP. QoS can be disabled as
>> well.
>> The network monitors can be left on.
>>
> Because it is a netbios based service, which rides on tcp/ip?
>
>> You are disabling TCP/IP on the public NIC. The LAN NIC will have its own
>> IP
>> address, the public one will not. As far as "safely connect" is concerned,
>> it depends on what you mean by "safely".
>>
> Yes, the server has two NICs. I have one connected on the LAN side for
> server admin, etc, the other is connected to a hub which has the WAN
> connections coming into it, just before the firewall. I want to see what
> hits us before the firewall does anything with it. It helps a lot when
> trying to figure out various problems.
>
> What do I mean by safely? Meaning that public cannot gain access to the
> server in some way. I mean, the setup bypasses the firewall so sure don't
> want someone being able to gain access into the lan somehow.
>
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