Server 2003 as VPN and NAT Gateway-how to have 2 internet connecti

Runing Win2k3 Svr R2 64bit, don't quite get how to have redundant internet
connections...

Basically I'm running an independent shop within a larger organization, and
we have our own dedicated 3Mbit link with a fixed IP address plus a shared
(bloody fast) link at ~10-30Mbit that comes to me via a private IP address.

When I set them both as external NATed connections the internal network
accesses the Internet great (though even using metrics sometimes it switches
everybody over to the 3Mbit line) BUT we can't get in from outside, though it
sometimes works for a brief period after I bounce the RRAS service.

There's VNC, ping, and PPTP services all passed through the NAT/basic
firewall on the 3Mbit (fixed external IP) line, but I can't do any of those
things when both connections are setup.

I just took out the default gateway of the preferred connection, forcing the
network to use the 3Mbit, and I can again connect fine to the external IP...

The error about multiple default gateways implies it's OK if they both
connect to a single network--including the Internet(?), but from an incoming
connection standpoint something aint right...

What do I need to do to be able to use the fast line for most outgoing
traffic from my network and the dedicated line for all incoming and as a
backup for outgoing?

"Jeremy Lang" <Jeremy (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2644BC53-225C-43A1-9C55-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Runing Win2k3 Svr R2 64bit, don't quite get how to have redundant internet
> connections...


You don't. It's that simple.
It has to performed by a "commercial quality" routing device that is
designed to do that. Typically is is performed using Dynamic Routing
Protocols which will switch routes "on the fly" when one is detected to be
down.

This isn't something you'd do with a Windows Server box,...although some the
the Routing Protocols RRAS can use may be capable,..but I have never heard
of anyone doing that.

In the "Home User" arena, there are broadband boxes that have duel "WAN
Ports" and they are design to load balance/fail over between the two ports.

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Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

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