Brian Cryer's Glossary of IT Terms with Links

Multihomed

Multihomed

Refers to a computer which is directly connected to two or more networks.

A typical example of a multihomed server would be a server with two network cards, with one network card connected to the internet and the other connected to a LAN. In such a configuration the computer could act as a gateway for the rest of the LAN.

Multihoming can cause network problems if there is any ambiguity over which network data packets should be sent.

For more information see:

• http://everything.explained.at/Multihoming/ - Multihoming explained.