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Changing an IP Address
If another device is using the dedicated IP address of a bidirectional load balancing
group, you must change either the IP address of the load balancing group or the IP
address of the other device. Use the appropriate procedure below:
Creating a VLAN
1
Click the VLANs tab.
2
In the VLANs window, select a NIC or group from the VLANs list and click
Create
VLAN
.
3
In the VLAN ID dialog box, type a VLAN ID number and click
OK
.
Legal VLAN ID numbers are 1–511 and from 768–4095. Numbers in the range
512–767 are reserved.
The new VLAN is added to the VLANs list.
Windows NT
—Restart the computer when the software prompts you to do so.
Windows 2000
—If you create more than one VLAN, assign a VLAN ID number to
each VLAN as follows:
■
Right-click My Network Places and select
Properties
from the menu.
■
In the next window, right-click a VLAN and select
Properties
from the menu.
■
Click
Configure
.
■
In the NIC Properties window, click TCP/IP.
■
In the next window, configure the IP address and subnet mask.
Changing the IP Address
of the Other Device
After you change the IP address of the other device, restart receive
load balancing as follows:
1
In the Load Balancing/RSL window, select the group that had
the duplicate address.
2
Click
Properties
.
3
In the Properties dialog box, click
OK
.
4
In the Load Balancing/RSL window, click
OK
to exit the window
and restart receive load balancing.
Changing the Dedicated
IP Address of the Group
1
In the Load Balancing/RSL window, select the group that has
the duplicate address.
2
Click
Properties
.
3
In the Properties dialog box, enter a new IP address and click
OK
.
4
In the Load Balancing/RSL window, click
OK
to exit the window
and restart receive load balancing.
