Route 2 internet connections

Hello,

I have just taken over a network with about 50 users and 2 servers; one Win
2003 Std. DC that also hosts our email and website and a file server). We
have an integrated T1 line with slow internet speed. We also have a DSL
connection that hasn't been used.

We are using a simple Linksys router on the T1 line and have another Linksys
on the DSL line (I know they are not the greatest, but that is what I have to
work with for now).

The Windows 2003 Server is handling the DHCP with a 192.168.1.100 scope.

Is there a way I can keep the T1 line hosting our email and web server and
have everyone in the company get to the internet through the DSL connection
and still be able to access the Domain Controller?

Can I add the other router in the DHCP scope somehow that will allow people
to get on the internet?

Any help is much appreciated!!

It is better to have a dual WAN router like Cisco router to take care of this situation, If this is an option for you, you may need to modify the server routing table. this link may help,

RoutingOne router goes to the corporation email server and another one goes to the Internet. Symptoms: you have one router connecting to the corporation for email ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/routing.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"darylzero" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:E550A831-6E69-454B-9753-(E-Mail Removed)...
Hello,

I have just taken over a network with about 50 users and 2 servers; one Win
2003 Std. DC that also hosts our email and website and a file server). We
have an integrated T1 line with slow internet speed. We also have a DSL
connection that hasn't been used.

We are using a simple Linksys router on the T1 line and have another Linksys
on the DSL line (I know they are not the greatest, but that is what I have to
work with for now).

The Windows 2003 Server is handling the DHCP with a 192.168.1.100 scope.

Is there a way I can keep the T1 line hosting our email and web server and
have everyone in the company get to the internet through the DSL connection
and still be able to access the Domain Controller?

Can I add the other router in the DHCP scope somehow that will allow people
to get on the internet?

Any help is much appreciated!!

Hello,

I have just taken over a network with about 50 users and 2 servers; one Win
2003 Std. DC that also hosts our email and website and 1 file server). We
have an integrated T1 line with slow internet speed. We also have a DSL
connection that hasn't been used.

We are using a simple Linksys router on the T1 line and have another Linksys
on the DSL line (I know they are not the greatest, but that is what I have to
work with for now). I will be getting this new Router from
Linksys RV016

The Windows 2003 Server is handling the DHCP with a 192.168.1.100 scope.

Is there a way I can keep the T1 line hosting our email and web server and
have everyone in the company get to the internet through the DSL connection
and still be able to access the Domain Controller?
Do I just need to add a route in the router or on the Server? Maybe put the
2 servers on a 10.x.x.x network and the other computers on a 192.168.x.x
network and add a route to the 10.x.x.x?? (just thinking out loud here). Do
I then let the router handle the DHCP?


Any help is much appreciated!!

You should be able to do that without too much trouble. How a machine
accesses the Internet depends on its default gateway setting. If you leave
the default gateway setting of your mail server pointing to the existing
router as its default gateway it should continue to work.

You would leave the DHCP service running just as it is (and disable DHCP
on both the routers). You would just need to change the default gateway
setting in your DHCP scope to point to the new router. When the clients
renew their DHCP lease they will get the new gateway address and start using
the new router for Internet access.

You should not need to make any major changes to your network config.
How the machines communicate on the local LAN is not affected by their
default gateway setting. They communicate directly on the Ethernet using
hardware addresses. They only need to use the default gateway to get outside
your local LAN.



"darylzero" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9D616563-E7C2-48CA-95A4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I have just taken over a network with about 50 users and 2 servers; one
> Win
> 2003 Std. DC that also hosts our email and website and 1 file server). We
> have an integrated T1 line with slow internet speed. We also have a DSL
> connection that hasn't been used.
>
> We are using a simple Linksys router on the T1 line and have another
> Linksys
> on the DSL line (I know they are not the greatest, but that is what I have
> to
> work with for now). I will be getting this new Router from
> Linksys
> RV016
>
> The Windows 2003 Server is handling the DHCP with a 192.168.1.100 scope.
>
> Is there a way I can keep the T1 line hosting our email and web server and
> have everyone in the company get to the internet through the DSL
> connection
> and still be able to access the Domain Controller?
> Do I just need to add a route in the router or on the Server? Maybe put
> the
> 2 servers on a 10.x.x.x network and the other computers on a 192.168.x.x
> network and add a route to the 10.x.x.x?? (just thinking out loud here).
> Do
> I then let the router handle the DHCP?
>
>
> Any help is much appreciated!!
>
>

Thank you very much!!

"Bill Grant" wrote:

> You should be able to do that without too much trouble. How a machine
> accesses the Internet depends on its default gateway setting. If you leave
> the default gateway setting of your mail server pointing to the existing
> router as its default gateway it should continue to work.
>
> You would leave the DHCP service running just as it is (and disable DHCP
> on both the routers). You would just need to change the default gateway
> setting in your DHCP scope to point to the new router. When the clients
> renew their DHCP lease they will get the new gateway address and start using
> the new router for Internet access.
>
> You should not need to make any major changes to your network config.
> How the machines communicate on the local LAN is not affected by their
> default gateway setting. They communicate directly on the Ethernet using
> hardware addresses. They only need to use the default gateway to get outside
> your local LAN.
>
>
>
> "darylzero" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:9D616563-E7C2-48CA-95A4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have just taken over a network with about 50 users and 2 servers; one
> > Win
> > 2003 Std. DC that also hosts our email and website and 1 file server). We
> > have an integrated T1 line with slow internet speed. We also have a DSL
> > connection that hasn't been used.
> >
> > We are using a simple Linksys router on the T1 line and have another
> > Linksys
> > on the DSL line (I know they are not the greatest, but that is what I have
> > to
> > work with for now). I will be getting this new Router from
> > Linksys
> > RV016
> >
> > The Windows 2003 Server is handling the DHCP with a 192.168.1.100 scope.
> >
> > Is there a way I can keep the T1 line hosting our email and web server and
> > have everyone in the company get to the internet through the DSL
> > connection
> > and still be able to access the Domain Controller?
> > Do I just need to add a route in the router or on the Server? Maybe put
> > the
> > 2 servers on a 10.x.x.x network and the other computers on a 192.168.x.x
> > network and add a route to the 10.x.x.x?? (just thinking out loud here).
> > Do
> > I then let the router handle the DHCP?
> >
> >
> > Any help is much appreciated!!
> >
> >
>
>
>