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Ok...here's the situation...
I install pc based cash register systems. I recently went to an installation where the sw co. wanted me to install another NIC along w/the onboard NIC for this reason: All drives for the 2 registers and back office pc must be mapped, and the program kept locking up on the cashiers, so this is their solution. The back office pc must have inet access, so they said that by doing this, it would correct the problem. How??? I have no clue. So...I installed the PCI NIC, put the router on it and it saw the network fine. The onboard NIC is supposed to be for inet, so I had the DSL modem hooked into it. Here's the problem, I can't get online unless I disable the network connection for the router, hence not letting the pc's in the private network communicate. So, it seems it's one or the other on this system. I have a few theories as to why this is happening. One of which is this is an XP Home machine, while the 2 pc registers are XP Pro. I'm not sure if XP Home is even capable of multiple network connections. Could someone fill me in on this and help me out? Thanks in advance.
I install pc based cash register systems. I recently went to an installation where the sw co. wanted me to install another NIC along w/the onboard NIC for this reason: All drives for the 2 registers and back office pc must be mapped, and the program kept locking up on the cashiers, so this is their solution. The back office pc must have inet access, so they said that by doing this, it would correct the problem. How??? I have no clue. So...I installed the PCI NIC, put the router on it and it saw the network fine. The onboard NIC is supposed to be for inet, so I had the DSL modem hooked into it. Here's the problem, I can't get online unless I disable the network connection for the router, hence not letting the pc's in the private network communicate. So, it seems it's one or the other on this system. I have a few theories as to why this is happening. One of which is this is an XP Home machine, while the 2 pc registers are XP Pro. I'm not sure if XP Home is even capable of multiple network connections. Could someone fill me in on this and help me out? Thanks in advance.