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title: "How Do I Manually Specify the Network Interface to Use for Particular Port Bindings?"
slug: "how-do-i-manually-specify-network-interface-for-port-bindings-keep"
description: "How to manually replace the automatic network interface configuration with one that is manually specified."
updated: 2026-06-29T09:39:25Z
published: 2026-06-29T09:39:25Z
canonical: "kb.lasernetgroup.com/how-do-i-manually-specify-network-interface-for-port-bindings-keep"
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# How Do I Manually Specify the Network Interface to Use for Particular Port Bindings?

Some ports use a public interface that is automatically selected at startup based on predefined criteria. On multi-homed servers, this can cause issues if cluster nodes need to use a specific network interface.

Follow these steps to replace the automatic selection with a manually specified network interface:

1. Log in to the management console on the PDC and navigate to the **Runtime** tab (see 1 in the image below).

![How to select the target node on the Runtime tab.](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/runtime tab(1).png)
2. From the left menu, select **Hosts** (2), and then the target node (3).
3. Click **View** (4) on the selected target mode.
4. From the left menu, select **Interfaces** (see “a” in the image below)**,** and then from the **Name** list, select the target interface, for example, **public** (b).
5. Click **Edit** (c).

![Selecting the target interface type from the Interfaces page.](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/interfaces screen(3).png)
6. Under **Advanced**, clear any unwanted configuration options.
7. Do *one* of the following to select the network interface you want to use:

- In **Inet Address**, enter a specific IP address, for example, `192.168.100.101`.
- In **Nic**, enter the name of the network interface that you want to use.
- Select **Any Address** to apply an interface wildcard that will use any suitable interface.

7. Restart the cluster node to make sure your configuration changes have been applied.