Resolving ARP issues for Windows 2003 (LVS DR mode)

  • Posted by Adam Niedzwiedzki on 19 January 2011, 15:34 pm
Windows server supports the direct routing method through the use of the MS loopback adapter to handle the traffic.

Installing the Microsoft loopback adapter

  1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Add/Remove Hardware.

  2. Click Add/Troubleshoot a device, and then click Next

  3. Click Add a new device, and then click Next

  4. Click No, I want to select the hardware from a list, and then click Next

  5. Click Network adapters, and then click Next

  6. In the Manufacturers box, click Microsoft

  7. In the Network Adapter box, click Microsoft Loopback Adapter, and then click Next

  8. Click Finish


Configuring the loopback adapter

  1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network and Dial up Connections

  2. Right click the new local adapter and select properties

  3. Remove the tick from Client for Microsoft Networks

  4. Remove the tick from File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks

  5. Select TCP/IP Properties

  6. Fill in the virtual server IP address e.g. 192.168.1.20 and the subnet mask

  7. Click on the Advanced button

  8. Change the Interface Metric to 254 (This stops the adapter responding to ARP requests).

  9. Click OK and save all changes

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Cheers
Adam