Failover NIC with Windows 7 running Apache Server
- by Benjamin Jones
I have a Apache Server running on a Windows 7 Desktop for a internal website (Intranet). I am trying to figure out how I can make this system as failover safe as possible. One thing I want to do is use the 2nd NIC card that is currently disable. I only have one gateway address to my router. I do not have any computer running a Server O/S.
If NIC1 crashes by chance(just humor me!), how could NIC2's IP take on the host name (I have mapped in host file) . I don't really care if the static IP of NIC2 changes seeing that the host name is the only thing I need.
Could I add two IP's to the host file, with same host email and maybe create some script that will run IF NIC 1 fails?
OR is there any failover software that will do this for me?