I've setup two 2012 (not R2) hosts with two clients. I've enable replication through the main Cisco switch using the primary host name of each host (say host1 and host2). I have a spare 10GB link on each host that I would like to be able to direct the replication over verses going over the 1GB main switch (seems like the right thing to do?).
I've set the 10GB ports up back to back (not through the switch) and assigned them static IP addresses on a different network (example 11.0.0.1 and 11.0.0.2). I then put these IPs in the hosts file with names "rep1" and "rep2". They can ping each other just fine.
The problem is that the replication "wizard" doesn't like the host file names as much as it likes the domain names. It doesn't pick up the necessary info when querying the host. replication is set to use http and Kerberos. Also, we are on a closed network with our own domain; no outside contact at all.
I am by no means an expert on this, so I am hoping its as simple as adding the rep1 and rep2 "network" to the DC or DNS and maybe enabling routing? Actually it'd be nice if all traffic between the two servers went over the direct connect.
Thanks