Server with multiple network interfaces

[BaronSamedi]

I have two servers. Server A is my main server. Server B is my backup/redundancy server. I am mirroring Server A to Server B.

I have multiple network cards in each server. In Server A, one card goes to the LAN, the other directly to Server B. Ditto in Server B, except it goes directly to Server A.

I have assigned the LAN card in each server, an IP number on the LAN subnet. I have assigned a different subnet IP number to the network card which is directly connected to each server.

I am unable to make the data flow down the directly connected network cards from each server. Instead it flows around through the LAN to each server.

Does anybody have any idea about how to make it instead flow down the directly connected network cards/cable?

I can ping each server from the other, using the directly connected ip numbers, if the LAN cable is disconnected, so they are communicating with each other. So why can't I make the data flow through that interface?

 

[peeky1323]

What is the default gateway of the machine when all the network cables are plugged in? Probaly in the smae subnet as the LAN.

 

[BaronSamedi]

OK, how do I determine what the default gateway is?

 

[MarkLappin]

Start > Run > cmd.exe > ipconfig /all

Mark