Re: Tell Net( to use only one of two installed networkcards

On your server you should have a file listener.ora which controls how the listener is set up. It will include lines like the following

LISTENER =
  (DESCRIPTION_LIST =
    (DESCRIPTION =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = <hostname>)(PORT = 1521))     )
    (DESCRIPTION =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC0))     )
  )

You need to replace the hostname with the ip address of the card you wish to use and then restart the listener.

On each client you have a file tnsnames.ora which will contain lines like the following

ALIAS =
  (DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS_LIST =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = <HOSTNAME>)(PORT = 1521))     )
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVICE_NAME = <Service name>)
    )
  )

again replace the hostname with the ip address you wish to use.

If you are using another naming mechanism (Oracle names for example) then there are analogous processes.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
"fhnfhn" <fhnfhn_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you for the answer, but I'm not sure I understand it quite. You

> described my problem, two NIC's and each of them has an IP of their own,

but


> how do I configure my net8-client to use one of these specific

IP-addresses


> and not the other?

>


> Thanks in advance!

>
>


> "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message

> news:3b83a520$0$8508$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net...

> > Sure. Allocate a different ip to each card and then setup the listener

> (and

> > your client) to only use one ip address for the machine. *Why* you would

> > wish to do this is beyond me though. Surely 2 NIC's are better than one.

> >

> >

> > --

> > Niall Litchfield

> > Oracle DBA

> > Audit Commission UK

> > "fhnfhn" <fhnfhn_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message

> > news:9m02qq$8h8$1_at_vg170.it.volvo.se...

> > > What I would liketo know if is there some way to make Net8 to use just

> one

> > > networkcard. I have a clientmachine, Win2000, with an oracleclient,

> 8.1.7.

> > > On this machine there are also two networkcards installed. One is

meant


> to

> > > be for just webconnections and the other one is meant to be used for

> > > databaseconnections. Is there a way to make Net8 use just one

> networkcard

> > > and not the other?

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

>
>