Win2k Server - 2 NICs?

[DougB]

I have a small domain with primary and secondary controllers running Win2k Advanced Server. Recently I've started using the Distributed File System to replicate the data of a database application. It's working well, but at peak times the replication is hammering the bandwidth of the primary controller. Is there a way that I can have the two servers serve the network (192.168.2.x) on one NIC each, and establish a separate connection between the two servers on a second pair of NICs?

I hoped it would be as easy as just giving the second pair of NICs 192.168.3.x addresses, but that results in a duplicate name warning (citing a conflict with the original card) and the new card being disabled. Or is there something that I can do with DNS to resolve the conflict? (I've installed DNS, and that's about the limit of my prowess)