Solved Network load balancing 2 Win7 machines

tjain

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We have 2 windows 7 machines and I would like to network load balance (NLB) them.

Can I do it in anyway ?

The reason why I cannot use windows 2008 R2 server
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1) This is a development/test environment

2) This is in a corporate environment so we are only allowed to have windows 7. As per IT dept, machines with server OS need to be in server-room.

3) We pay a per machine fee to the IT vendor and windows servers costs 6x as much as windows 7. So to keep costs down we need to use windows 7.
 
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My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Enterprise
Do you have two connections to the same network, or two different networks? My brief amount of reading informed me that, if the former, W7 will automatically load balance between the two.

Frankly, I'd say you should reexamine the idea of either 1) a different IT company, or 2) actually hiring staff.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP 6000 Pro Micro Tower
OS
W7 Professional x64
CPU
Core 2 Duo 2.93
Memory
2 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 4695
Monitor(s) Displays
Two HP 17's
Hard Drives
150GB Sata Drive
Case
Tiny. Kinda cute.
Keyboard
HP Supplied. Surprisingly nice.
Mouse
Gateway Mouse from an E2610D
Internet Speed
45 mbps
We want to have 2 machine connected to the same network. We are trying to do what windows server NLB (network load balancing) does.

So I guess my answer is..it cannot be done windows 7.

Thanks for the reply.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Enterprise
I found a few hits for software that would try to emulate it's functionality, but nothing that does actual NLB (I initially confused connection balancing and load sharing, my apologies).
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP 6000 Pro Micro Tower
OS
W7 Professional x64
CPU
Core 2 Duo 2.93
Memory
2 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 4695
Monitor(s) Displays
Two HP 17's
Hard Drives
150GB Sata Drive
Case
Tiny. Kinda cute.
Keyboard
HP Supplied. Surprisingly nice.
Mouse
Gateway Mouse from an E2610D
Internet Speed
45 mbps
I was hoping to somehow install the NLB component on win7.
I guess it cannot be done so I will close the issue.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Enterprise
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