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Mar 30, 2022 7:09:10 AM
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When multiple Network Adapters are present and configured on the same subnet, the OS will use the adapter with the lowest IP address first in sending traffic. This can cause Qlik Sense (and any other installed software that uses the network) to communicate over the wrong network adapter by default.
If this is not the desired traffic path, a change must be applied at the Operating System level, which will affect all traffic flowing from that machine.
Assuming a Qlik Sense Enterprise server with two network adapters, and traffic flows incorrectly through NIC 1 instead of NIC 2.
Use PowerShell cmdlet Set-NetIPAddress (NetTCPIP) | Microsoft Docs to configure SkipAsSource flag as follows:
Set-NetIPAddress -IPAddress 10.0.0.10 -SkipAsSource:$true Set-NetIPAddress -IPAddress 10.0.0.11 -SkipAsSource:$false
The command above will force outgoing communications from this host to flow through NIC 2, while incoming traffic can still reach the server via both NICs. But outgoing traffic will always flow through NIC 2.
Qlik Sense Client Managed (Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows) delegates network communications to the Operating System. If the host where Qlik Sense is installed is not correctly configured, traffic may flow throw the incorrect network adapter.
Windows-based Operating Systems use the following convention:
Typically, a secondary adapter is used for backbone or administration and is usually assigned to a different subnet / VLAN. This would negate the issue, as traffic will only be able to flow through the adapter that can correctly resolve the route to destination. User traffic would naturally not be able to flow through the Administration network adapter. This also applies to virtual addresses for NIC Teaming.
Changing the IP address of the Qlik Sense host - Qlik Community - 1715763
Set-NetIPAddress (NetTCPIP) | Microsoft Docs
The information in this article is provided as-is and to be used at own discretion. Depending on tool(s) used, customization(s), and/or other factors ongoing support on the solution below may not be provided by Qlik Support.
NOTE: Error " too many sessions active in parallel on Qlik Sense hub" can be presented if access is pointing to the wrong Nic interface.