On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:33:11 +0200, "David" <richter@sls-software.com> wrote:

>hello!
>
>I have a server which has 2 buildin network cards. I must be able to access
>a singleton service from both networks represented by the 2 networkcards.
>the 2 networks should remain separated because of security reasons.( I know
>that now my service is propably the security problem)
>So I created 2 HttpChannels and bound them to each one to the corresponding
>network adapter adresses.
>
>//first channel
>System.Collections.IDictionary props = new System.Collections.Hashtable();
>props["port"] = "81";
>props["name"] = "http81";
>props["bindTo"] = 111.111.111.2;
>HttpChannel clientHttpChannel1 = new HttpChannel(props, clientProvider,
>serverProvider);
>ChannelServices.RegisterChannel(clientHttpChannel1);
>
>//second channel
>System.Collections.IDictionary props = new System.Collections.Hashtable();
>props["port"] = "82";
>props["name"] = "http82";
>props["bindTo"] = 168.164.1.2;
>HttpChannel clientHttpChannel2 = new HttpChannel(props, clientProvider,
>serverProvider);
>ChannelServices.RegisterChannel(clientHttpChannel2);
>
>then I have a object which provides the service I register like
>//register Service
>Type theType = typeof(PathologyDataServer);
>RemotingConfiguration.RegisterWellKnownServiceType(theType,
>"PathologyDataServer", WellKnownObjectMode.Singleton );
>
>
>everything works fine whilst connecting the first time to one of the
>channels, but as soon as I try to connect to the other channel from another
>computer I got a exception :
>System.Net.WebException
>{"The underlying connection was closed: Unable to connect to the remote
>server." }
>but this Exception does not affect the other channel, I am then still able
>to use my service on the first connected machine.
>
>Problem:
>My aim is to use a singleton object service with 2 channels.
>
>but I now wonder, if that is just not possible.
>
>
>Any ideas, experiences, hints?
>I appreciate everything!!
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>David
>

"Roy Chastain" wrote:

> I think if you omit the bindTo, it should bind to all interfaces/NICs on the system.
>
> On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 09:34:44 +0200, "David" <richter@sls-software.com> wrote:
>
> >Hello!
> >
> >By having two channels I can provide access to my service for the public
> >network #1.
> >And the second network which is not accessible from the public network can
> >also use the service at the same time.
> >I use two channels because I tried to bind one channel to both networkcards
> >IP's(property"bindTo"), but without success.
> >So I came up with the 2 channel idea...
> >
> >Maybe someone can point out how to bind 2 IP's to a single channel!?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >David
> >
>
> -------------------------------------------
> Roy Chastain
> KMSYS Worldwide, Inc.
> http://www.kmsys.com