Re: Sharing ISPs

I can't believe my eyes! So many replies say "can't be done!"

Ok, first, I'm not worried about in-bound connections. Although, even that
would be easier than some responders would imply.

Anyway, I thought SBS meant "Small Business Server," the single platform
solution to all the needs of a small business. I'm not asking about "Big
Business Server Facility" where we have separate RAS, Exchange, Web, etc.,
platforms and all the fancy hardware that goes with it.

At the very least I should be able to attach two external NICs and set the
default route merit values to favor the faster ISP. I'm just asking here
because this must be a common scenario that can be more smartly handled by
ISA/RRAS. Am I the first to consider this "small" approach?

My thanks to all who took the time to respond.


"rg" <rg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:enlfqa$dJHA.5344@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have an SBS 2003 server and several public Internet access paths. The
server is my firewall, running ISA 2004. I would like some guidance on how
to set up two broadband access methods. (I also have dialup for
emergencies, FWIW.)

I would like to see the server use the fastest path to any given server,
but to back off traffic onto the other ISP if one connections approaches
saturation. Naturally, if one connection fails, all traffic should go
through the other one. Ideally, if one connection saturates with traffic
to a single server, some traffic should be routed to the other ISP.

Optionally, if both fail, use the dialup! But lets not consider this
option for now...

Is this supported? Any guidance appreciated.

Thanks!



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