Two Network Adapters on Hyper-V Host - Best way to configure?

Question

I have two physical network adapters installed in my Hyper-V host. I want one to be dedicated to the host, and the other to provide external network services to the VMs. Would the appropriate configuration be as such:

• Leave the first physical network adapter alone, assigning it the host IP, but not using it to create any Virtual Netorks
• For the second physical adapter, I would create an External Network, along with a Microsoft Virtual Switch, and use that to provide network services to the VMs. Each virtual NIC for the VM would be associated with that External Network. A static IP would be assigned to this adapter, and each VM would be assigned a static IP as well.

The above seems reasonable to me, but I'm not sure if it's correct. Does anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks!

Mark

Answer 1

That sounds like the best way to configure a system with two adapters. But if I'm understanding what you typed, you don't need to configure a static IP to the second adapter if you don't want. Don't be surprised when you look at the properties of the second NIC and IPv4/IPv6 are not bound to it, it should only have the 'Microsoft Virtual Network Switch Protocol' bound to it.