Setting up Secondary NIC for SQL Server Merge Replication

  • Hello,

    I am attempting to set up a secondary NIC connection between two servers that will be participating in SQL Server Merge Replication. However, when I enable the two secondary NICs that are connected via a crossover cable, something happens that jams up traffic connecting to the SQL server.

    Here is my configuration:

    Server1

    NIC 1:

    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.7(Preferred)

    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.1

    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.9, 192.168.1.7

    NIC 2 (for replication traffic)

    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.18.11

    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :

    Server2

    NIC 1:

    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.8(Preferred)

    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.1

    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.9, 192.168.1.7

    NIC 2 (for replication traffic)

    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.18.12

    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :

    I also put an entry into each server's host file like so:

    192.168.18.12 server2.mydomain.com (for server 1's file)

    192.168.18.11 server1.mydomain.com (for server 2's file)

    I can ping server1 from from server2 (and vise versa) and it referenced the .18 subnet, but if I try to connect to the SQL Server over the .18 IP, it can't find the server.

    Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong here? I will eventually be setting up NLB on these servers as well to load balance read requests to the database. I would like to route heartbeat traffic over this connection as well.

    Thanks!

    Christine

  • Moderator - please delete duplicate. I apologize, but my computer locked out for a minute and I didn't think the first one posted.

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