This problem is not new.
Context:
* I run the ghost console against the labs from within a virtual machine running Windows XP.
* VMWare's vmnet NICs (virtual devices) are bound to one physical NIC.
* The host OS (Linux) is configured so that both gigabit NICs are using the research network.
* Ghost server needs a static IP and access to a variety of ports.

The problem:
When configured as above the ghost console does not seem to send any packets. I currently have a request in for NETS to look in to this. However, when I swap all ports and settings to run on the 100baseT network (on both host and guest OSes) everything works perfectly.

Why this is a problem:
Having two different physical networks on a single machine requires having two default gateways set. I believe this is called dual homing, and it just doesn't seem to work. If I define two default gateways, the whole host machine runs on one network - invariably, the slow one.