Windows 7 Multiple Network Addresses

[BrainDedd]

Hey all,

OK so this is going to be very higher grade but I figured it's probably the best place to ask ...

In Windows XP, I could set two (or more) IP addresses per network interface and Windows would only run the file and printer sharing on the first one, depending on what order I set them in the properties.

In Windows 7, if I do the same thing then it always picks up the wrong address and not the one I want it to run file sharing on.

For example ...

1 network card with 192.168.xx address and 172.xx address

Windows XP - Runs file sharing on the 192.168.xx address as expected

Windows 7 - Runs file sharing on the 172.xx address no matter the settings

When I am being connected to by my IP address it works file, but the computer name resolves to the wrong address if using 7.

[Krpano]

If you already tried the advanced options for the network connections maybe you could just add an entry in the lmhosts.

By advanced i mean advanced for the network connections, not for the TCP/IP.

And add the entry at LMHOSTS if you are using the lookup function for it.

[+BudMan MVC]

And why in the world would you do such a thing in the first place?? Why do you think you need more than 1 IP address on an interface?

Anyway -- your issues is sounds like what krpano is talking about name resolution issues, not sharing.. File sharing will be done on all the IPs you give it..

So for example -- I added the 172.16.1.100/16 IP to my win 7 box, I then added 172.16.1.101 to my 2k8 box -- as you can see I can access shares on both IPs, but the win 7 orig 192.168.1.100 address, and the added 172.16 address.

If you want some host name to resolve to a specific IP, then setup your dns/host/lmhost files how you want.. But when you add multiple IPs to your box, file and print sharing will be available on all the IPs -- unless you have set your software firewall to only allow access on specific network.

Again -- I just really don't see the point to doing something like this in the first place.

edit: here I quickly added some names to my host file -- see I can now ping them or access them by their names I entered in the host file.

Edited April 12, 2010 by BudMan