Newsgroup: it.comp.os.win.win2000
Titolo: Using WLBS, flaky results, two WLB machines can't ping each other?!?!

Ok, I'm tearing my hair out here.  The current problem, which at this
point I am just putting this project off to the side until someone can
help me cause waaay too much time has been spent on this setup.
The current problem is one WLB machine can talk to the network (i.e.,
allows me to log into the domain) and the other WLB machine, priority
2, does not.  I'm using a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0, so do multiple
class Cs cause an issue?!?!
Also, when I hit the load balanced IP (192.168.10.2) and the first
host/node responds (CPU usage bigtime), everything is fine.  I step to
another machine and try to hit the same IP, which theoretically uses
the next HOST #2, I get no response.  Not even a telnet session will
connect.  if I wait a few days, that workstation will be able to hit
the 192.168.10.2 address but it is HOST #1 that responds.  When I use
another machine, whihc should be using host #2, I get no response.
The setup are two machines with identicle hardware:
SERVER 1
=================
NIC #1
---------------
LAN & OUTPUT 
IP: 192.168.13.2
GW: 192.168.12.1 (yes, the main network is .12.x)
SN: 255.255.0.0
NIC #2
---------------
WLBS
IP: 192.168.10.2
GW: 192.168.12.1
SN: 255.255.0.0
WLBS Settings on NIC #2
-----------------------
Only TCP/IP and Network Load Balancing is checked.
Primary IP: 192.168.10.2
Subnet: 255.255.0.0
Full Internet Name: cs-int-db.<internal active directory domain>
Network address: <grayed out>
Multicast Support: Checked
host parameters
Priority: 1
Initial Cluster State: checked active
Dedicated IP: 192.168.13.2 (to match NIC #1 settings)
Subnet: 255.255.0.0
port rules (for now), wide open (allows all), set to Multiple Hosts,
single, protocol both.
SERVER 2
=================
NIC #1
---------------
LAN & OUTPUT 
IP: 192.168.13.3
GW: 192.168.12.1 (yes, the main network is .12.x)
SN: 255.255.0.0
NIC #2
---------------
WLBS
IP: 192.168.10.2 (made it the same as SERVER 1, NIC #2)
GW: 192.168.12.1
SN: 255.255.0.0
WLBS Settings on NIC #2
-----------------------
Only TCP/IP and Network Load Balancing is checked.
Primary IP: 192.168.10.2
Subnet: 255.255.0.0
Full Internet Name: cs-int-db.<internal active directory domain>
Network address: <grayed out>
Multicast Support: Checked
host parameters
Priority: 2
Initial Cluster State: checked active
Dedicated IP: 192.168.13.3 (to match NIC #1 settings)
Subnet: 255.255.0.0
port rules (for now), wide open (allows all), set to Multiple Hosts,
single, protocol both.
Even though both NIC #2s on both machines are set to 192.168.10.2 (my
Load Balancing IP), I get no "IP Address Conflict" message so i guess
it is all working.  Looking in the Event Log shows WLBS started, shows
the first host as Priority, and shows when the second host comes
online, and joins the cluster.  The Event Log then says cluster with
hosts 1,2 active.
For simplicity sake, I have connected all of the NICs to the same
switch, which is a non-managed switch.  The gateway (192.168.12.1) is
another W2K machine used as our firewall.  I don't know much easier to
make it, and it STILL doesn't work.  Arrrg.
Am I setting the WLBS up properly (same IPs on both machines, NIC #2)?
Am I setting the NIC #1s properly (different IPs, differnet subnet)?
HELP!!!!!!
Thanks in advance,
Eric

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